Do three dimensions tell us anything about a theory of everything?

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/12/4/043050zbMATH Open1375.81222arXiv0901.2532OpenAlexW3100360928MaRDI QIDQ4594487FDOQ4594487

Authors: Jean Alexandre, N. E. Mavromatos, John Ellis 

Publication date: 24 November 2017

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It has been conjectured that four-dimensional N=8 supergravity may provide a suitable framework for a `Theory of Everything', if its composite SU(8) gauge fields become dynamical. We point out that supersymmetric three-dimensional coset field theories motivated by lattice models provide toy laboratories for aspects of this conjecture. They feature dynamical composite supermultiplets made of constituent holons and spinons. We show how these models may be extended to include N=1 and N=2 supersymmetry, enabling dynamical conjectures to be verified more rigorously. We point out some special features of these three-dimensional models, and mention open questions about their relevance to the dynamics of N=8 supergravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.2532

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Supergravity (83E50)

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• Supersymmetric \(E_{8(+8)}\)/SO(16) sigma-model coupled to \(N=1\) supergravity in three dimensions

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