Kac-Moody Algebras in M-theory
arXiv:hep-th/0608161
Abstract
In this thesis, we consider several aspects of over-extended and very-extended Kac-Moody algebras in relation with theories of gravity coupled to matter. In the first part, we focus on the occurrence of KM algebras in the cosmological billiards. We analyse the billiards in the simplified situation of spatially homogeneous cosmologies. The most generic cases lead to the same algebras as those met in the general inhomogeneous case, but also sub-algebras of the "generic" ones appear. Next, we consider particular gravitational theories which, upon toroidal compactification to D=3 space-time dimensions, reduce to a theory of gravity coupled to a symmetric space non-linear sigma-model. We show that the billiard analysis gives direct information on possible dimensional oxidations (or on their obstructions) and field content of the oxidation endpoint. We also consider all hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras and completely answer the question of whether or not a specific theory exists admitting a billiard characterised by the given hyperbolic algebra. In the second part, we turn to the set up of such gravity-matter theories through the building of an action explicitly invariant under a Kac-Moody group. As a first step to include fermions, we check the compatibility of the presence of a Dirac fermion with the (hidden duality) symmetries appearing in the toroidal compactification down to 3 space-time dimensions. Next, we investigate how the fermions (with spin 1/2 or 3/2) fit in the conjecture for hidden over-extended symmetry G++. Finally, in the context of G+++ invariant actions, we derive all the possible signatures for all the GB++ theories that can be obtained from the conventional one (1,D-1) by "dualities" generated by Weyl reflections. This generalizes the results obtained for E8++.
arXiv commentPh.D. Thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, June 2006 (232 pages)
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