The maximal subgroups of the finite 8-dimensional orthogonal groups \(P\Omega ^ +_ 8(q)\) and of their automorphism groups (Q1091470)

Let p be a prime number, \(q=p^ n\). Let \(G_ 0=P\Omega^+_ 8(q)\cong D_ 4(q)\) be the simple Chevalley group of type \(D_ 4\) over the field of q elements and \(G_ 0\trianglelefteq G\leq Aut G\). The author gives a complete list of maximal subgroups of G. The classification theorem of finite simple groups is used in the proof. Note that the similar problem for other classical groups of dimension \(\leq 12\) is solved in the author's article [''The low-dimensional finite classical groups and their subgroups'' (to appear)].