Published February 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

E11-extended spacetime and gauged supergravities

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS (United Kingdom)

Description

We formulate all the five dimensional gauged maximal supergravity theories as non-linear realisations of the semi-direct product of E11 and a set of generators which transform according to the first fundamental representation l of E11. The latter introduces a generalised space-time which plays a crucial role for these theories. We derive the E11 and l transformations of all the form fields and their dynamics. We also formulate the five dimensional gauged supergravity theories using the closure of the supersymmetry algebra. We show that this closes on the bosonic field content predicted by E11 and we derive the field transformations and the dynamics of this theory. The results are in precise agreement with those found from the E11 formulation. This provides a very detailed check of E11 and also the first substantial evidence for the generalised space-time. The results can be generalised to all gauged maximal supergravities, thus providing a unified framework of all these theories as part of E11

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/039

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
02
Journal Issue
2008
Journal Page Range
p. 039
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40066201
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SPACE-TIME; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICS; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES