THE LOOP GROUP OF E8 AND TARGETS FOR SPACETIME

DOI10.1142/S0217732309028746zbMATH Open1165.81344arXivhep-th/0701231MaRDI QIDQ5322425FDOQ5322425

Hisham Sati

Publication date: 21 July 2009

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

Abstract: The dimensional reduction of the E8 gauge theory in eleven dimensions leads to a loop bundle in ten dimensional type IA string theory. We show that the restriction to the Neveu-Schwarz sector leads naturally to a sigma model with target space E8 with the ten-dimensional spacetime as the source. The corresponding bundle has a structure group the group of based loops, whose classifying space we study. We explore some consequences of this proposal such as possible Lagrangians and existence of flat connections.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0701231

Recommendations

• \(E_8\) gauge theory and gerbes in string theory
• Non-compact simple Lie group \(E_{8(8)}\)
• There is no ``Theory of everything inside \(\text E_{8}\)
• Loop gauge theory and group cohomology
• \(E_{8}\) duality and dual gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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• Ninebrane structures
• \(E_8\) gauge theory and gerbes in string theory
• Duality and cohomology in \(M\)-theory with boundary
• On the sporadic \(196884\)-dimensional group, strings and \({\mathcal E}^{(\infty)}\) spacetime
• Framed M-branes, corners, and topological invariants
• On the geometry of the supermultiplet in M-theory
• Rational sphere valued supercocycles in \(M\)-theory and type IIA string theory

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