Bootstrapping 3D Fermions

Abstract

We study the conformal bootstrap for a 4-point function of fermions $⟨\psi \psi \psi \psi ⟩$ in 3D. We first introduce an embedding formalism for 3D spinors and compute the conformal blocks appearing in fermion 4-point functions. Using these results, we find general bounds on the dimensions of operators appearing in the $\psi \times \psi$ OPE, and also on the central charge $C_T$. We observe features in our bounds that coincide with scaling dimensions in the Gross-Neveu models at large $N$. We also speculate that other features could coincide with a fermionic CFT containing no relevant scalar operators.

arXiv comment45 pages, 8 figures; V2: added references and small clarifications to match JHEP version

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