Maximal supersymmetry and exceptional groups

The article is a tribute to my old mentor, collaborator and friend Murray Gell-Mann. In it I describe work by Pierre Ramond, Sung-Soo Kim and myself where we describe the

Supergravity in the light-cone formalism. We show how the Cremmer-Julia E₇₍₇₎ non-linear symmetry is implemented and how the full supermultiplet is a representation of the E₇₍₇₎ symmetry. I also show how the E₇₍₇₎ symmetry is a key to understand the higher order couplings in the theory and is very useful when we discuss possible counterterms for this theory.

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Proceedings of Conference in Honour of Murray Gell-Mann's 80th Birthday

Maximal supersymmetry
supergravity
exceptional symmetries
symmetry: nonlinear
group: exceptional
supergravity: 8
supersymmetry
higher-order
light cone

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