Kac-Moody algebras and the cosmological constant

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2020.135744MaRDI QIDQ822376zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter West

Publication date 22 September 2021

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.11925

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: We show that the theory of gravity constructed from the non-linear realisation of the semi-direct product of the Kac-Moody algebra A1+++ with its vector representation does not allow a cosmological constant. The existence of a cosmological constant in this theory is related to the breaking of the gravitational duality symmetry.

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