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Maximal supergravity and the quest for finiteness

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-02-25 v1

Abstract

We show that N = 8 supergravity may possess an even larger symmetry than previously believed. Such an enhanced symmetry is needed to explain why this theory of gravity exhibits ultraviolet behaviour reminiscent of the finite N = 4 Yang-Mills theory. We describe a series of three steps that leads us to this result.

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@article{arxiv.1805.06347,
  title  = {Maximal supergravity and the quest for finiteness},
  author = {Sudarshan Ananth and Lars Brink and Sucheta Majumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.06347},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

7 pages, Honorable Mention - Gravity Research Foundation 2018

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