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TCFHs, hidden symmetries and M-theory backgrounds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-12-07 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present the TCFH of 11-dimensional supergravity and so demonstrate that the form bilinears of supersymmetric solutions satisfy a generalisation of the conformal Killing-Yano equation with resepct to the TCFH connection. We also compute the Killing-St\"ackel, Killing-Yano and closed conformal Killing-Yano tensors of all spherically symmetric M-branes that include the M2-brane, M5-brane, KK-monopole and pp-wave and demonstrate that their geodesic flows are completely integrable by giving all independent conserved charges in involution. We then find that all form bilinears of pp-wave and KK-monopole solutions generate (hidden) symmetries for spinning particle probes propagating on these backgrounds. Moreover, there are Killing spinors such that some of the 1-, 2- and 3-form bilinears of the M2-brane solution also generate symmetries for spinning particle probes. We also explore the question on whether the form bilinears are sufficient to prove the integrability of particle probe dynamics on 11-dimensional supersymmetric backgrounds.

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@article{arxiv.2201.11563,
  title  = {TCFHs, hidden symmetries and M-theory backgrounds},
  author = {G. Papadopoulos and E. Pérez-Bolaños},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11563},
  year   = {2022}
}

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27 pages

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