On spinorial representations of involutory subalgebras of Kac-Moody algebras

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-42400-8_4zbMATH Open1454.81197arXiv1811.11659OpenAlexW2902806997MaRDI QIDQ827161FDOQ827161

Authors: Axel Kleinschmidt, Hermann Nicolai, Adriano Viganò 

Publication date: 7 January 2021

Abstract: The representation theory of involutory (or 'maximal compact') subalgebras of infinite-dimensional Kac-Moody algebras is largely terra incognita, especially with regard to fermionic (double-valued) representations. Nevertheless, certain distinguished such representations feature prominently in proposals of possible symmetries underlying M theory, both at the classical and the quantum level. Here we summarise recent efforts to study spinorial representations systematically, most notably for the case of the hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebra $E_{10}$ where spinors of the involutory subalgebra $K(E_{10})$ are expected to play a role in describing algebraically the fermionic sector of $D=11$ supergravity and M theory. Although these results remain very incomplete, they also point towards the beginning of a possible explanation of the fermion structure observed in the Standard Model of Particle Physics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.11659

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Supergravity (83E50) Factorization systems, substructures, quotient structures, congruences, amalgams (18A32) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, analytic theory (17B15) Matrix models and tensor models for quantum field theory (81T32) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74)

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