Minimal representations, spherical vectors and exceptional theta series

DOI10.1007/S002200200601zbMATH Open1143.11316arXivhep-th/0107222OpenAlexW3003436562WikidataQ57726781 ScholiaQ57726781MaRDI QIDQ1348993FDOQ1348993

Authors: Boris Pioline, David Kazhdan, Andrew K. Waldron 

Publication date: 21 May 2002

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Theta series for exceptional groups have been suggested as a possible description of the eleven-dimensional quantum supermembrane. We present explicit formulae for these automorphic forms whenever the underlying Lie group $G$ is split (or complex) and simply laced. Specifically, we review and construct explicitly the minimal representation of $G$, generalizing the Schr"odinger representation of symplectic groups. We compute the spherical vector in this representation, i.e. the wave function invariant under the maximal compact subgroup, which plays the role of the summand in the automorphic theta series. We also determine the spherical vector over the complex field. We outline how the spherical vector over the $p$-adic number fields provides the summation measure in the theta series, postponing its determination to a sequel of this work. The simplicity of our result is suggestive of a new Born-Infeld-like description of the membrane where U-duality is realized non-linearly. Our results may also be used in constructing quantum mechanical systems with spectrum generating symmetries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0107222

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationship to Lie algebras and finite simple groups (11F22) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Miscellaneous applications of number theory (11Z05)

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