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We use the embedding formalism technique to study correlation functions of a d-dimensional Euclidean CFT in the presence of a q co-dimensional defect. The defect breaks the global conformal group SO(d + 1, 1) into SO(d − q + 1, 1) × SO(q). We calculate all possible invariant structures that can appear in one-point, two-point and three-point correlation functions of bulk and defect operators in mixed symmetry representation. Their generalization to n-point correlation functions are also worked out. Correlation functions in the presence of a defect, in arbitrary representation of SO(q), are also calculated.
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Guha, S., Nagaraj, B. Correlators of mixed symmetry operators in defect CFTs. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 198 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)198
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