Marc Henneaux “Infinite-Dimensional Symmetries: The Key to Understanding Gravity?”
A public lecture in the Living Reviews in Relativity Anniversary Lectures Series. We are celebrating our 10th year online with a number of colloquia by distinguished authors in the Berlin/Potsdam area.
Date:
March 11, 2009 – 14:00
Place:
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Lecture Hall, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm (map)
Abstract:
It is well known that the description of the non-gravitational interactions (electromagnetism, weak and strong nuclear forces) relies on finite-dimensional Lie groups and algebras (e.g., SU(3)X SU(2)X U(1)). Recently, it has been argued by many research teams that the description of the gravitational interaction should involve infinite-dimensional Lie algebras of hyperbolic Kac-Moody type, such as E(10). The talk will provide a brief, pedagogical introduction to these mathematical structures and present some of the evidence for their relevance to gravity.
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