15.02.2018 (Thursday)

Exceptional geometry for affine and other groups

Regular Seminar Axel Kleinschmidt (MPI Potsdam)

at:
14:00 QMW
room G O Jones 610
abstract:

Exceptional geometry is an attempt to combine the geometric diffeomorphisms and matter gauge transformations in gravity-matter theories into a single geometric structure. I will review recent results associated with a 2+9 split of maximal supergravity where the affine symmetry group E9 plays a central role. The results also provide a general formula that is applicable to many other cases.