In the quest for the mathematical formulation of M-theory, we consider three major open problems: a first-principles construction of the single (abelian) M5-brane Lagrangian density, the origin of the gauge field in heterotic M-theory, and the supersymmetric enhancement of exceptional M-geometry. By combining techniques from homotopy theory and from supergeometry to what we call super-exceptional geometry within super-homotopy theory, we present an elegant joint solution to all three problems. This leads to a unified description of the Nambu-Goto, Perry-Schwarz, and topological Yang-Mills Lagrangians in the topologically nontrivial setting. After explaining how charge quantization of the C-field in Cohomotopy reveals D’Auria-Fré’s “hidden supergroup” of 11d supergravity as the super-exceptional target space, in the sense of Bandos, for M5-brane sigma-models, we prove, in exceptional generalization of the doubly-supersymmetric super-embedding formalism, that a Perry-Schwarz-type Lagrangian for single (abelian) N = (1, 0) M5-branes emerges as the super-exceptional trivialization of the M5-brane cocycle along the super-exceptional embedding of the “half ” M5-brane locus, super-exceptionally compactified on the Hořava-Witten circle fiber. From inspection of the resulting 5d super Yang-Mills Lagrangian we find that the extra fermion field appearing in super-exceptional M-geometry, whose physical interpretation had remained open, is the M-theoretic avatar of the gaugino field.
Super-exceptional geometry: origin of heterotic M-theory and super-exceptional embedding construction of M5 / Fiorenza, D.; Sati, H.; Schreiber, U.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1126-6708. - 2020:2(2020).
Titolo: | Super-exceptional geometry: origin of heterotic M-theory and super-exceptional embedding construction of M5 | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 | |
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Citazione: | Super-exceptional geometry: origin of heterotic M-theory and super-exceptional embedding construction of M5 / Fiorenza, D.; Sati, H.; Schreiber, U.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1126-6708. - 2020:2(2020). | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1452099 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |
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