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The numerical conformal bootstrap is used to study mixed correlators in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal field theories (SCFTs) in d = 4 spacetime dimensions. Systems of fourpoint functions involving scalar chiral and real operators are analyzed, including the case where the scalar real operator is the zero component of a global conserved current multiplet. New results on superconformal blocks as well as universal constraints on the space of 4D \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 SCFTs with chiral operators are presented. At the level of precision used, the conditions under which the putative “minimal” 4D \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 SCFT may be isolated into a disconnected allowed region remain elusive. Nevertheless, new features of the bounds are found that provide further evidence for the presence of a special solution to crossing symmetry corresponding to the “minimal” 4D \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 SCFT.
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Li, D., Meltzer, D. & Stergiou, A. Bootstrapping mixed correlators in 4D \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 SCFTs. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 29 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)029
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