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Reduced superblocks at next-to-next-to-extremality for all half-maximally supersymmetric CFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-04-13 v1

Abstract

We consider mixed four-point correlators of 1/2-BPS operators ϕk\phi_{k} in SCFTs with eight real Poincar\'e supercharges, namely the 3d N=4\mathcal{N}=4, 4d N=2\mathcal{N}=2, 5d N=1\mathcal{N}=1, and 6d N=(1,0)\mathcal{N}=(1,0) theories. Using the basis of solutions to the superconformal Ward identity introduced in arXiv:hep-th/0405180, we demonstrate that the dynamical data in mixed correlators of extremality E=2\mathcal{E}=2 is encoded in certain simpler ``reduced correlator" functions that admit a block expansion, in close analogy to the recent result for maximally supersymmetric CFTs in arXiv:2601.15407. These reduced blocks similarly involve ordinary blocks with shifted kinematics and reproduce what is known in 4d, generalize a known example in 6d, and offer novel results in 3d and 5d.

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@article{arxiv.2604.08673,
  title  = {Reduced superblocks at next-to-next-to-extremality for all half-maximally supersymmetric CFTs},
  author = {Mitchell Woolley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.08673},
  year   = {2026}
}

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