From osp(1|32)⊕osp(1|32) to the M-theory superalgebra: a contraction procedure

Apr 26, 2017
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Atom.Nucl. 80 (2017) 2, 340-346
  • Published: Apr 26, 2017

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Abstract: (Springer)
We show the impossibility to obtain the D’auria–Fré-type superalgebras that allow for an underlying gauge theoretical structure of D = 11 supergravity from the superalgebra osp(1|32)⊕osp(1|32)−, by means of aWeimar-Woods contraction.
  • supersymmetry: algebra
  • gauge field theory
  • supergravity
  • M-theory