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We use supershadow methods to derive new expressions for superconformal blocks in 4d \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal field theories. We analyze the four-point function \( \left\langle {\mathcal{A}}_1{\mathcal{A}}_2^{\dagger }{\mathrm{\mathcal{B}}}_1{\mathrm{\mathcal{B}}}_2^{\dagger}\right\rangle \), where \( \mathcal{A} \) i and ℬ i are scalar superconformal primary operators with arbitrary dimension and R-charge and the exchanged operator is neutral under R-symmetry. Previously studied superconformal blocks for chiral operators and conserved currents are special cases of our general results.
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Khandker, Z.U., Li, D., Poland, D. et al. \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 superconformal blocks for general scalar operators. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 49 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2014)049
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