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Duality Symmetries and G^{+++} Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We show that the non-linear realisations of all the very extended algebras G^{+++}, except the B and C series which we do not consider, contain fields corresponding to all possible duality symmetries of the on-shell degrees of freedom of these theories. This result also holds for G_2^{+++} and we argue that the non-linear realisation of this algebra accounts precisely for the form fields present in the corresponding supersymmetric theory. We also find a simple necessary condition for the roots to belong to a G^{+++} algebra.

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@article{arxiv.0706.3659,
  title  = {Duality Symmetries and G^{+++} Theories},
  author = {Fabio Riccioni and Duncan Steele and Peter West},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3659},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

35 pages. v2: 2 appendices added, other minor corrections. v3: tables corrected, other minor changes, one appendix added, refs. added. Version published in Class. Quant. Grav