Going down from a 3-form in 16 dimensions

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)02511-XzbMATH Open0998.81102arXivhep-th/0207184OpenAlexW3099283235MaRDI QIDQ697899FDOQ697899

Laurent Baulieu

Publication date: 17 September 2002

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Group theory indicates the existence of a $SO(8)XSO(7)subsetSO(16)$ invariant self-duality equation for a 3-form in 16 dimensions. It is a signal for interesting topological field theories, especially on 8-dimensional manifolds with holonomy group smaller than or equal to Spin(7), with a gauge symmetry that is SO(8) or SO(7). Dimensional reduction also provides new supersymmetric theories in 4 and lower dimensions, as well as a model with gravitational interactions in 8 dimensions, which relies on the octonionic gravitational self-duality equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0207184

zbMATH Keywords

dimensional reductiontopological field theoriesSO invariant self-duality equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Cites Work

• Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M-theory
• Monopoles and four-manifolds
• Special quantum field theories in eight and other dimensions
• Higher-dimensional analogues of Donaldson-Witten theory
• Eight-dimensional self-dual spaces
• Remarks on covariant matrix strings

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• Topological symmetry of forms, \(N=1\) supersymmetry and S-duality on special manifolds

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