Events: detail
E11 and M theory
- Hosted by:
- Imperial College Department of Physics
- Speaker:
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Duncan Steele, King's College London
- Starts:
- March 06, 2008 at 05:00 pm
- Ends:
- March 06, 2008 at 06:00 pm
- Location:
- Imperial College London, Huxley Building, Room 503, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Nonlinear realisations provide a method for constructing a field theory with an aribitrary symmetry group. Study of the coset symmetries of 11D supergravity dimensionally reduced on a torus suggested the conjecture that 11D supergravity can be formulated as a NLR of the infinite dimensional Kac-Moody algebra E11.
I will introduce NLRs, some aspects of Kac-Moody algebras, and then use this to demonstrate some supergravity calculations that are greatly simplified in the E11 approach. No previous knowledge of NLRs or KM algebras will be assumed.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Contact person:
- Duminda Dahanayake
- Email:
- duminda.dahanayake [ at ] imperial.ac.uk
- Website:
- E11 and M theory
