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

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-02-19 v2

Abstract

We consider mixed four-point correlators of 1/2-BPS operators Ok\mathcal{O}_{k} in the maximally supersymmetric CFTs, i.e. the 3d N=8\mathcal{N}=8, 4d N=4\mathcal{N}=4, and 6d N=(2,0)\mathcal{N}=(2,0) theories. In arXiv:hep-th/0405180, Dolan, Gallot, and Sokatchev demonstrated that four-point correlators of identical Ok\mathcal{O}_{k} in these SCFTs can be expressed in terms of a number of unconstrained one- and two-variable ``reduced correlator" functions acted on by a 2(ε1)2(\varepsilon-1)nd order differential operator Δε\Delta_\varepsilon, which is non-local in odd dimensions d=2(ε+1)d=2(\varepsilon+1). We generalize this construction to mixed correlators Ok1Ok2Ok3Ok1+k2+k32E\langle \mathcal{O}_{k_1}\mathcal{O}_{k_2}\mathcal{O}_{k_3}\mathcal{O}_{k_1+k_2+k_3-2\mathcal{E}}\rangle up to extremality E=2\mathcal{E}=2. To construct superconformal blocks, we generalize the R-symmetry channel equations and use Jack polynomial expansions to recursively generate the full spectrum of conformal blocks in a superblock from a single channel. We observe that for each ε\varepsilon, this channel equation can be inverted to expand the reduced correlators in ``reduced superblocks" involving blocks with shifted external kinematics. These reduced blocks reproduce what is known in 4d, generalize the known O2O2OkOk\langle \mathcal{O}_{2}\mathcal{O}_{2}\mathcal{O}_{k}\mathcal{O}_{k}\rangle case in 6d, and offer a novel result in 3d.

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@article{arxiv.2601.15407,
  title  = {Reduced superblocks at next-to-next-to-extremality for all maximally supersymmetric CFTs},
  author = {Mitchell Woolley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15407},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

64 pages, 1 Mathematica notebook. v1: Comments are very welcome. v2: Typos fixed