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A master exceptional field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-14 v2

Abstract

We construct a pseudo-Lagrangian that is invariant under rigid E11E_{11} and transforms as a density under E11E_{11} generalised diffeomorphisms. The gauge-invariance requires the use of a section condition studied in previous work on E11E_{11} exceptional field theory and the inclusion of constrained fields that transform in an indecomposable E11E_{11}-representation together with the E11E_{11} coset fields. We show that, in combination with gauge-invariant and E11E_{11}-invariant duality equations, this pseudo-Lagrangian reduces to the bosonic sector of non-linear eleven-dimensional supergravity for one choice of solution to the section condition. For another choice, we reobtain the E8E_8 exceptional field theory and conjecture that our pseudo-Lagrangian and duality equations produce all exceptional field theories with maximal supersymmetry in any dimension. We also describe how the theory entails non-linear equations for higher dual fields, including the dual graviton in eleven dimensions. Furthermore, we speculate on the relation to the E10E_{10} sigma model.

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@article{arxiv.2103.13411,
  title  = {A master exceptional field theory},
  author = {Guillaume Bossard and Axel Kleinschmidt and Ergin Sezgin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.13411},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Minor corrections, accepted for publication in JHEP

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