A brief review of E theory

DOI10.1142/S0217751X1630043XzbMATH Open1348.83011arXiv1609.06863MaRDI QIDQ2832083FDOQ2832083

Authors: Peter West 

Publication date: 7 November 2016

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I begin with some memories of Abdus Salam who was my PhD supervisor. After reviewing the theory of non-linear realisations and Kac-Moody algebras, I explain how to construct the non-linear realisation based on the Kac-Moody algebra E11 and its vector representation. I explain how this field theory leads to dynamical equations which contain an infinite number of fields defined on a space time with an infinite number of coordinates. I then show that these unique dynamical equations, when truncated to low level fields and the usual coordinates of space time, lead to precisely the equations of motion of eleven dimensional supergravity theory. By taking different group decompositions of E11 we find all the maximal supergravity theories, including the gauged maximal supergravities, and as a result the non-linear realisation should be thought of as a unified theory that is the low energy effective action for type II strings and branes. These results essentially confirm the E11 conjecture given many years ago.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.06863

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zbMATH Keywords

Kac-Moody algebrasstringssupergravitybranesduality symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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• Massive dual gravity in \(N\) spacetime dimensions
• \(E\) theory in seven dimensions
• Kac-Moody symmetries of IIB supergravity
• Current algebra formulation of M-theory based on \(E_{11}\) Kac-Moody algebra
• \(E_{11}\) and M theory
• On the different formulations of the E11 equations of motion
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• A sketch of brane dynamics in seven and eight dimensions using \(E\) theory
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Uses Software

• SimpLie

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