Algebraic Dreams
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Nature's attraction to unique mathematical structures provides powerful hints for unraveling her mysteries. None is at present as intriguing as eleven-dimensional M-theory. The search for exceptional structures specific to eleven dimensions leads us to exceptional groups in the description of space-time. One specific connection, through the coset , may provide a generalization of eleven-dimensional supergravity. Since this coset happens to be the projective space of the Exceptional Jordan Algebra, its charge space may be linked to the fundamental degrees of freedom underlying M-theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0112261,
title = {Algebraic Dreams},
author = {Pierre Ramond},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0112261},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
29 pages, Latex. Contribution to Francqui Foundation Meeting in the honor of Marc Henneaux, October 2001, Brussels