Exact Defect Correlation Functions in Chern-Simons Matter Theories
We study defect correlators in three-dimensional, large-$N$, conformal field theories with slightly broken higher-spin symmetry. Focusing on the quasi-fermionic theory, we bootstrap correlation functions of four defect-changing operators, i.e. of two collinear conformal line defects with boundaries, at arbitrary values of the coupling constant. We can compute an infinite number of such correlators and present a detailed analysis for three typical cases. In addition, we obtain some defect OPE coefficients that give us access to the relative conformal dimension between defect-changing operators at order $O(1/N)$. In the course of our analysis, we also derive explicit expressions for some Feynman integrals that might be of independent interest, including an extension of the usual star-triangle relation. Our bootstrap assumptions naturally apply to Chern-Simons matter theories, so our results provide a non-trivial example of explicit, non-perturbative defect four-point functions in a strongly coupled gauge theory.