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On supersymmetric E11 exceptional field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-26 v3

Abstract

We construct an infinite system of non-linear duality equations, including fermions, that are invariant under global E11 and gauge invariant under generalised diffeomorphisms upon the imposition of a suitable section constraint. We use finite-dimensional fermionic representations of the R-symmetry E11 to describe the fermionic contributions to the duality equations. These duality equations reduce to the known equations of E8 exceptional field theory or eleven-dimensional supergravity for appropriate (partial) solutions of the section constraint. Of key importance in the construction is an indecomposable representation of E11 that entails extra non-dynamical fields beyond those predicted by E11 alone, generalising the known constrained p-forms of exceptional field theories. The construction hinges on the tensor hierarchy algebra extension of E11, both for the bosonic theory and its supersymmetric extension.

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@article{arxiv.1907.02080,
  title  = {On supersymmetric E11 exceptional field theory},
  author = {Guillaume Bossard and Axel Kleinschmidt and Ergin Sezgin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.02080},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

90 pages. v2: Minor corrections, new references and new section 4.3 on linearised duality equations, JHEP version. v3: Minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-23T10:11:36.762Z