Spacelike singularities and hidden symmetries of gravity

DOI10.12942/LRR-2008-1zbMATH Open1194.83002arXiv0710.1818OpenAlexW3103926338WikidataQ37599260 ScholiaQ37599260MaRDI QIDQ2482939FDOQ2482939

Authors: Marc Henneaux, Philippe Spindel, Daniel Persson 

Publication date: 29 April 2008

Published in: Living Reviews in Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the intimate connection between (super-)gravity close to a spacelike singularity (the "BKL-limit") and the theory of Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras. We show that in this limit the gravitational theory can be reformulated in terms of billiard motion in a region of hyperbolic space, revealing that the dynamics is completely determined by a (possibly infinite) sequence of reflections, which are elements of a Lorentzian Coxeter group. Such Coxeter groups are the Weyl groups of infinite-dimensional Kac-Moody algebras, suggesting that these algebras yield symmetries of gravitational theories. Our presentation is aimed to be a self-contained and comprehensive treatment of the subject, with all the relevant mathematical background material introduced and explained in detail. We also review attempts at making the infinite-dimensional symmetries manifest, through the construction of a geodesic sigma model based on a Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebra. An explicit example is provided for the case of the hyperbolic algebra E10, which is conjectured to be an underlying symmetry of M-theory. Illustrations of this conjecture are also discussed in the context of cosmological solutions to eleven-dimensional supergravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1818

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Supergravity (83E50) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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