A class of Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras

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DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00690-9zbMATH Open0999.17033arXivhep-th/0205068OpenAlexW2062231577MaRDI QIDQ701541FDOQ701541


Authors: Matthias R. Gaberdiel, David I. Olive, Peter West Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 3 November 2002

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

Abstract: We consider a natural generalisation of the class of hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras. We describe in detail the conditions under which these algebras are Lorentzian. We also construct their fundamental weights, and analyse whether they possess a real principal so(1,2) subalgebra. Our class of algebras include the Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras that have recently been proposed as symmetries of M-theory and the closed bosonic string.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0205068




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