Lie derivatives along antisymmetric tensors, and the M-theory superalgebra

DOI10.4303/JPM/P110504MaRDI QIDQ1953124zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Castellani

Publication date 7 June 2013

Published in Journal of Physical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0508213

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Supergravity (83E50)

Abstract: Free differential algebras (FDA's) provide an algebraic setting for field theories with antisymmetric tensors. The "presentation" of FDA's generalizes the Cartan-Maurer equations of ordinary Lie algebras, by incorporating p-form potentials. An extended Lie derivative along antisymmetric tensor fields can be defined, and used to recover a Lie algebra dual to the FDA, that encodes all the symmetries of the theory including those gauged by the p-forms. The general method is applied to the FDA of D=11 supergravity: the resulting dual Lie superalgebra contains the M-theory supersymmetry anticommutators in presence of 2-branes.

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