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Poincare Duality and G+++ algebra's

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Theories with General Relativity as a sub-sector exhibit enhanced symmetries upon dimensional reduction, which is suggestive of ``exotic dualities''. Upon inclusion of time-like directions in the reductions one can dualize to theories in different space-time signatures. We clarify the nature of these dualities and show that they are well captured by the properties of infinite-dimensional symmetry algebra's (G+++ algebra's), but only after taking into account that the realization of Poincare duality leads to restrictions on the denominator subalgebra appearing in the non-linear realization. The correct realization of Poincare duality can be encoded in a simple algebraic constraint, that is invariant under the Weyl-group of the G+++ algebra, and therefore independent of the detailed realization of the theory under consideration. We also construct other Weyl-invariant quantities that can be used to extract information from the G+++ algebra without fixing a level decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0510212,
  title  = {Poincare Duality and G+++ algebra's},
  author = {Arjan Keurentjes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0510212},
  year   = {2008}
}

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47 pages, 5 figures, LaTeX