Minisuperspace Models in M-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v3
Abstract
We derive the full canonical formulation of the bosonic sector of 11-dimensional supergravity, and explicitly present the constraint algebra. We then compactify M-theory on a warped product of homogeneous spaces of constant curvature, and construct a minisuperspace of scale factors. First classical behaviour of the minisuperspace system is analysed, and then a quantum theory is constructed. It turns out that there similarities with the "pre-Big Bang" scenario in String Theory.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0612153,
title = {Minisuperspace Models in M-theory},
author = {Sergey Grigorian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0612153},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
35 pages, 2 figures, added additional discussion of gauge fixing and self-adjointness of the Hamiltonian, added references