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We compute the most general superconformal blocks for scalar operators in 4\( \mathcal{D} \) \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal field theories. Specifically we employ the supershadow formalism to study the four-point correlator 〈Φ1Φ2Φ3Φ4〉, in which the four scalars, Φ i , have arbitrary scaling dimensions and R-charges. The only constraint on the R-charges is from R-symmetry invariance of the four-point correlator and the exchanged operators can have arbitrary R-charges. Our results extend previous studies on 4\( \mathcal{D} \) \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal blocks to the most general case, which are the essential ingredient for bootstrapping mixed correlators of scalars with independent scaling dimensions and R-charges.
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Li, Z., Su, N. The most general 4\( \mathcal{D} \) \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal blocks for scalar operators. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 163 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)163
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