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Octonionic M-theory and D=11 generalized conformal and superconformal algebras

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-12-24 v2

Abstract

Following [1] we further apply the octonionic structure to supersymmetric D=11 MM-theory. We consider the octonionic 2n+1×2n+12^{n+1} \times 2^{n+1} Dirac matrices describing the sequence of Clifford algebras with signatures (9+n,n9+n,n) (n=0,1,2,...n=0,1,2, ...) and derive the identities following from the octonionic multiplication table. The case n=1n=1 (4×44\times 4 octonion-valued matrices) is used for the description of the D=11 octonionic MM superalgebra with 52 real bosonic charges; the n=2n=2 case (8×88 \times 8 octonion-valued matrices) for the D=11 conformal MM algebra with 232 real bosonic charges. The octonionic structure is described explicitly for n=1n=1 by the relations between the 528 Abelian O(10,1) tensorial charges ZμZμν,Zμ>...μ5Z_\mu Z_{\mu\nu}, Z_{\mu \gt... \mu_5} of the MM-superalgebra. For n=2n=2 we obtain 2080 real non-Abelian bosonic tensorial charges Zμν,Zμ1μ2μ3,Zμ1...μ6Z_{\mu\nu}, Z_{\mu_1 \mu_2 \mu_3}, Z_{\mu_1 ... \mu_6} which, suitably constrained describe the generalized D=11 octonionic conformal algebra. Further, we consider the supersymmetric extension of this octonionic conformal algebra which can be described as D=11 octonionic superconformal algebra with a total number of 64 real fermionic and 239 real bosonic generators.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0212201,
  title  = {Octonionic M-theory and D=11 generalized conformal and superconformal algebras},
  author = {Jerzy Lukierski and Francesco Toppan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0212201},
  year   = {2015}
}

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LateX, 13 pages, corrected some typos, version in press in PLB