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Eleven-Dimensional Gauge Theory for the M Algebra as an Abelian Semigroup Expansion of osp(32|1) Fernando Izaurieta∗ and Eduardo Rodr´ıguez† Departamento de Matem´aticas y F´ısica Aplicadas, Universidad Cat´olica de la Sant´ısima Concepci´on, Concepci´on, Chile Patricio Salgado‡ Departamento de F´ısica, Universidad de Concepci´on, Casilla 160-C, Concepci´on, Chile (Dated: December 17, 2006) A new Lagrangian realizing the symmetry of the M Algebra in eleven-dimensional space-time is presented. By means of the novel technique of Abelian Semigroup Expansion, a link between the M Algebra and the orthosymplectic algebra osp(32|1) is established, and an M Algebra-invariant symmetrictensorofranksixiscomputed. Thissymmetricinvarianttensorisakeyingredientinthe 8 construction of the new Lagrangian. The gauge-invariant Lagrangian is displayed in an explicitly 0 Lorentz-invariant way by means of a subspace separation method based on the extended Cartan 0 homotopy formula. 2 n a I. INTRODUCTION lation of a CS/Transgression form theory for the M- J Algebra is clear. A priori, the construction of a CS 3 Supergravity for the M Algebra would seem something String Theory and eleven-dimensional Supergravity 2 straightforwardto do, especially since CS Supergravities became inextricably linked after the arrival of the M- 3 Theory Paradigm. All efforts notwithstanding, the low- for osp(32|1) are already well-known [2, 3, 5]. This is however not the case, and the construction is actually v energy regime of M Theory remains better known than 5 its non-perturbative description. However, the possi- highly nontrivial. The reason is that in both cases, for 2 bility has been pointed out that M Theory may be CS and Transgression forms, the key ingredient in the 2 constructionisthe invarianttensor. Andpreciselyinthe non-perturbatively related to, or even formulated as, an 6 case of the non-semisimple M Algebra, the direct option eleven-dimensional Chern–Simons theory [1, 2, 3] (see 0 ofusingthesupertraceasinvarianttensorisnotafruitful also [4]). 6 one. 0 Chern–Simons (CS) Theory has quite compelling fea- / tures. On one hand, it belongs to the restricted class of This problem has been dealt with in Refs. [13, 14] us- h gaugefieldtheories,withaone-formgaugeconnectionas ing a physicist’s approach: the Noether method. Start- t - the sole dynamical field. On the other hand, and in con- ingfromthe Poincar´eCSLagrangian,aCSFormforthe p trast with usual Yang–Mills theory, there’s no a priori M Algebra is recursively constructed, adding new terms e h metric needed to define the CS Lagrangian, so that the to finally reach an invariant Lagrangian. After the La- : theory turns out to be background-free. CS Supergrav- grangianisconstructed,itispossibletoreadbackthein- v ities (see, e.g., [5] and references therein) exist in every variant tensor. This approach has proved succesful, but i X odddimension;three-dimensionalGeneralRelativitywas it has some drawbacks: (i) it requires a lot of physicist’s r famously quantized by making the connection to CS [6]. insight and cleverness and (ii) as the authors of [13, 14] a Inrecenttimes,anevenmoreappealinggeneralization make clear, the method does not rule out the possiblity of this idea has been presented, the so-called Transgres- of extra terms in the Lagrangian. sion form Lagrangians. Transgression forms [7, 8, 9, 10, Ontheotherhand,amorematemathicalpointofview 11, 12] are the matrix where CS forms stem from. The has been developed in Ref. [15], where the M Algebra maindifferencebetweenCSandTransgressionformscon- has been shown to correspond to an expansion [24] of cerns a new, regularizing boundary term which renders osp(32|1). Expansions stand out among other algebra the Transgression form fully gauge invariant. As a con- manipulation methods (such as contractions, deforma- sequence, the boundary conditions and Noether charges tions and extensions) as the only one which is able of computedfromatransgressionactionhavethechanceto changingthedimensionofthealgebra;ingeneral,itleads be physically meaningful. toalgebraswithadimensionalityhigherthantheoriginal Since a gaugefield theory for the M Algebramay take one. usonestepclosertounderstandingthe non-perturbative Inanutshell,theexpansionmethodconsiderstheorigi- description of M Theory, the importance of the formu- nalalgebraasdescribedbyitsassociatedMaurer–Cartan (MC) forms on the group manifold. Some of the group parametersarerescaledbyafactorλ,andthe MC forms are expanded as a power series in λ. This series is fi- ∗Electronicaddress: fi[email protected] †Electronicaddress: [email protected] nally truncated in a way that assures the closure of the ‡Electronicaddress: [email protected] expanded algebra. The subject is thoroughly treated in 2 Refs. [15, 16, 17, 18]. WhenthesemigroupS canbedecomposedinsubsetsS , p In the expansions approach, the algebra is formulated S = p∈ISp, such that they satisfy the condition [26] intermsoftheMCforms,andtherefore,theCSformfor S theMAlgebramustbewrittenthroughafreedifferential S ·S ⊂ S , (3) p q r algebraseriesfromthefullosp(32|1)-CSform. Again,to extractfromthere aninvarianttensor forthe MAlgebra r∈\i(p,q) proves to be nontrivial. then we have that BothapproachesfocusonconstructingdirectlytheCS form. In this article, a third alternative is considered: G = S ×V (4) R p p the Lie Algebras S-expansion method, which focuses on p∈I M theconstructionoftheinvariant tensor. Thisprocedure, developedingeneralinRef.[19],isformulatedintermsof isa‘resonantsubalgebra’ofS×g(seeTheorem4.2from the original Lie algebra generators and an abelian semi- Ref. [19]). group S. Given this originalLie algebra and the abelian Anevensmalleralgebracanbeobtainedwhenthereis semigroup as inputs, the S-expansion method gives as a zero element in the semigroup, i.e., an element 0S ∈S output a new Lie algebra, and besides it, general ex- such that, for all λα ∈ S, 0Sλα = 0S. When this is pressions for the invariant tensor for it in terms of the the case, the whole 0S ×g sector can be removed from semigroup structure. the resonant subalgebra by imposing 0S ×g = 0. The Thepaperisorganizedasfollows. Insec.IIthederiva- remaining piece, to which we refer to as 0S-reduced al- tion of the M Algebra as an abelian semigroup expan- gebra, continues to be a Lie algebra (for a proof of this sion of osp(32|1) is performed, and a way to construct fact and some more general cases, see 0S-reduction and an M algebra-invarianttensor is found. Some aspects of Theorem 6.1 from Ref. [19]). the transgressionLagrangianarereviewedinSectionIII, In the next section these mathematical tools will be where useof the subspaceseparationmethodproduces a used in order to show how the M algebra can be con- new explicit action for an eleven-dimensional transgres- structed from osp(32|1). sion gauge field theory. In sec. IV we comment on the dynamicsproducedbythetransgressionLagrangian. We close with conclusions and some final remarks in sec. V. B. M Algebra as an S-expansion Inthissectionweroughlysketchthestepstobeunder- II. THE M ALGEBRA AS AN S-EXPANSION takeninordertoobtaintheMalgebraasanS-Expansion OF osp(32|1) of osp(32|1). As with any expansion, the first step consists in split- Inthis sectionwe briefly reviewthe generalmethodof ting the osp(32|1) algebra in distinct subspaces. This is abelian semigroup expansion and its application in ob- accomplished by defining taining the M Algebra as an S-Expansion of osp(32|1). We refer the reader to [19] for the details. V = J(osp) , (5) 0 ab n o V = Q(osp) , (6) 1 A. The S-Expansion Procedure V =nP(osp)o,Z(osp) . (7) 2 a a1···a5 ConsideraLiealgebragandafiniteabeliansemigroup n o S ={λα}. According to Theorem 3.1 from Ref. [19], the Here V0 corresponds to the Lorentz algebra, V1 to the direct product S×g is also a Lie algebra. Interestingly, fermionsandV2 totheremainingbosonicgenerators,na- there are cases when it is possible to systematically ex- mely AdS boosts and the M5-branepiece. The algebraic tractsubalgebrasfromS×g. Start by decomposing g in structuresatisfiedbythesesubspacesiscommontoevery a direct sum of subspaces, as in superalgebra,as can be seen from the equations [V ,V ]⊂V , (8) g= V , (1) 0 0 0 p [V ,V ]⊂V , (9) p∈I 0 1 1 M [V ,V ]⊂V , (10) 0 2 2 where I is a set of indices. The internal subspace struc- [V ,V ]⊂V ⊕V , (11) ture of g can be codified through [25] the mapping 1 1 0 2 i : I ×I → 2I, where the subsets i(p,q) ⊂ I are such [V1,V2]⊂V1, (12) that [V ,V ]⊂V ⊕V . (13) 2 2 0 2 [V ,V ]⊂ V . (2) The second step is particular to the method of S- p q r expansions,and deals with finding an abelian semigroup r∈Mi(p,q) 3 TABLE I: The M algebra can be regarded as an S(2)- TABLE II: (Anti)commutation relations for the M algebra. Expansionofosp(32|1). ThetableshowstherelationbetwEeen HereΓa are Dirac matrices in d=11. generators from both algebras. The three levels correspond to the three columns in Fig. 1 or, alternatively, to the three subsets into which S(2) has been partitioned. Jab,Jcd =δeacbdfJef, (25) E h i GR Subspaces Generators hJab,Pci=δeacbPe, (26) S0×V0 ZJaabb == λλ20JJaa((oobbsspp)) hJab,Zcdi=δ1eacbdfZef, (27) S1×V1 Q00 === λλλ331JQQa(((oboosssppp))) hJab,Z[Jc1a·b·,·cQ5i]==−4!21δdaΓcba1eb·1·Q···c·5e,4Zde1···e4, ((2289)) Pa = λ2Pa(osp) [Pa,Pb]=0, (30) S2×V2 Zabcde = λ2Za(obscdpe) [Pa,Zbc]=0, (31) 0 = λ3Pa(osp) [Pa,Zb1···b5]=0, (32) 0 = λ3Za(obscdpe) [Zab,Zcd]=0, (33) [Zab,Zc1···c5]=0, (34) [Za1···a5,Zb1···b5]=0, (35) S which can be partitioned in a ‘resonant’ way with re- [Pa,Q]=0, (36) spect to (8)–(13). This semigroup exists and is given by [Z ,Q]=0, (37) S(2) ={λ ,λ ,λ ,λ }, with the defining product ab E 0 1 2 3 [Z ,Q]=0, (38) abcde λ , when α+β ≤2, λαλβ = λ3α,+β otherwise. (14) Q,Q¯ = 81„ΓaPa− 12ΓabZab+ 51!ΓabcdeZabcde«. (39) (cid:26) ˘ ¯ A straightforward but important observation is that, for each λ ∈S(2), λ λ = λ , so that λ plays the rˆole α E 3 α 3 3 of the zero element inside S(2). osp(32|1)arerepresentedonthehorizontalaxis,andthe E semigroup elements on the vertical one. The shaded re- Consider now the partition S(2) =S ∪S ∪S , with E 0 1 2 gion on the left corresponds to the resonant subalgebra, including the λ ×osp(32|1) sector, which is mapped to S ={λ ,λ ,λ }, (15) 3 0 0 2 3 zero via the 0 -reduction. The gray sector on the right S S1 ={λ1,λ3}, (16) corresponds to the M algebra itself. The diagram allows S ={λ ,λ }. (17) us to graphically encode the subset partition (15)–(17) 2 2 3 on each column, and makes checking the closure of the This partition is said to be resonant, since it satisfies algebra a straightforwardmatter. [compare eqs. (8)–(13) with eqs. (18)–(23)] Large sectors of the resonant subalgebra are abelian- ized after imposing the condition λ × osp(32|1) = 0. 3 S ·S ⊂S , (18) 0 0 0 Thisconditionalsoplaysafundamentalrˆoleintheshap- S ·S ⊂S , (19) ing of the invariant tensor for the M algebra as an S- 0 1 1 S ·S ⊂S , (20) expansionofosp(32|1). Inthisway,itseffects arefeltall 0 2 2 thewaydowntothetheory’sspecificdynamicproperties. S ·S ⊂S ∩S , (21) 1 1 0 2 S ·S ⊂S , (22) 1 2 1 S ·S ⊂S ∩S . (23) 2 2 0 2 C. M-Algebra Invariant Tensor Theorem 4.2 from Ref. [19] now assures us that Finding all possible invariant tensors for an arbitrary G =(S ×V )⊕(S ×V )⊕(S ×V ) (24) algebra remains, to the best of our knowledge, as an im- R 0 0 1 1 2 2 portant open problem. Nevertheless, once a matrix rep- is a resonant subalgebra of S(2)×g. resentation for a Lie algebra is known, the (super)trace E As a last step, impose the condition λ × g = 0 on alwaysprovideswithaninvarianttensor. Butpreciselyin 3 G and relabel its generators as in Table I. This proce- ourcase,thisisnotawisechoice: ingeneral,itispossible R dure gives us the M algebra, whose (anti)commutation to prove that when the condition 0 ×g=0 is imposed, S relations are recalled in Table II. thesupertracefortheS-expandedalgebrageneratorswill A clearer picture of the algebra’s structure can be ob- correspond to just a very small piece of the whole (su- tained from the diagram in Fig. 1. The subspaces of per)trace for the g-generators. For the particular case 4 n-selector K ρ, which is defined as α1···αn 1, when ρ=γ(α ,...,α ), K ρ = 1 n (41) α1···αn (0, otherwise. Theorem 7.1 from Ref. [19] states that T ···T =α K γhT ···T i (A1,α1) (An,αn) γ α1···αn A1 An (42) (cid:10) (cid:11) correspondstoaninvarianttensorfortheS-expandedal- gebra without 0 -reduction,where α are arbitrarycon- S γ stants. When the semigroup contains a zero element 0 ∈ S, S a smaller algebra can be obtained by ‘0 -reducing’ the S S-expanded algebra,i.e., by mapping all elements of the form0 ×g to zero. Writing λ for the nonzeroelements S i of S, Theorem 7.2 from Ref. [19] assures that T ···T =α K jhT ···T i (43) (A1,i1) (An,in) j i1···in A1 An isa(cid:10)ninvarianttensorf(cid:11)orthe0 -reducedalgebra,withα S j being arbitrary constants. As can be seen by comparing eq. (42) with eq. (43), this invariant tensor corresponds to a ‘pruning’ of (42). In the M-algebra case, one must compute the com- ponents of K j for S(2). Using the multiplication i1···i6 E law (14), these are easily seen to be K j =δj , (44) i1···i6 i1+···+i6 where δ is the Kronecker delta. Using eqs. (43) and (44), we have that the only non- FIG.1: (a) Theshaded region denotestheresonant subalge- vanishing components of the M algebra-invariant tensor braG . (b)Shadedareascorrespond totheMalgebra itself, are given by R which is obtained from G by mapping the λ ×osp(32|1) R 3 sector to zero. hJa1b1···Ja6b6iM =α0hJa1b1···Ja6b6iosp, (45) hJ ···J P i =α hJ ···J P i , a1b1 a5b5 c M 2 a1b1 a5b5 c osp (46) of the M algebra, the only non-vanishing component of the supertrace is Tr(Ja1b1···Janbn). A CS Lagrangian hJa1b1···Ja5b5Za6b6iM =α2hJa1b1···Ja6b6iosp, (47) constructed with this invariant tensor would lead to an hJ ···J Z i =α hJ ···J Z i , a1b1 a5b5 c1···c5 M 2 a1b1 a5b5 c1···c5 osp ‘exotic gravity’, where the fermions, the central charges (48) and even the vielbein would be absent from the invari- ant tensor. For this reason, it becomes a necessity to QJa1b1···Ja4b4Q¯ M =α2 QJa1b1···Ja4b4Q¯ osp, work out other kinds of invariant tensors; very interest- (49) (cid:10) (cid:11) (cid:10) (cid:11) ing work on precisely this point has been developed in Refs. [13, 14], where an invariant tensor for the M alge- where α0 and α2 are arbitrary constants. braisobtainedfromthe Noether method, finallyleading ItisnoteworthythatthisinvarianttensorfortheMal- to a CS M-algebra Supergravity in eleven dimensions. gebra,evenifitpossessesmanymorenonzerotermsthan the supertrace [which would consist of (45) alone], still InthecontextofanS-expansion,Theorems7.1and7.2 misses a lot of other terms present in that for osp(32|1). from Ref. [19] provide with non-trivial invariant tensors This is a common feature of 0 -reduced algebras. In different from the supertrace. S stark contrast, S-expanded algebras which do not arise Letλ ,...,λ ∈S bearbitraryelementsofthesemi- α1 αn from a 0 -reduction process do have invariant tensors group S. Their product can be written as S larger than the one for the original algebra. This fact shapes the dynamics of the theory to a great extent, as λα1···λαn =λγ(α1,...,αn). (40) we shall see in section IV. The supersymmetrized supertrace will be used to pro- This product law can be conveniently encoded by the vide an invariant tensor for osp(32|1), with the 32×32 5 Dirac matrices in eleven dimensions as a matrix repre- with the Lagrangian sentation for the bosonic subalgebra, sp(32). The rep- resentation with Γ1···Γ11 = +11 was chosen. In order LT(2n+1) A,A¯ =kQ(A2←n+A¯1) to write the Lagrangian, field equations and boundary 1 conditions, it is very useful to have the components of (cid:0) (cid:1)=(n+1)k dthθFtni. (55) theosp(32|1)-invarianttensorwithitsindicescontracted Z0 with arbitrary tensors. An explicit calculation gives us Here A denotes an M algebra-valued, one-form gauge connection La1b1···La5b5BchJ ···J P i = 1 5 1 a1b1 a5b5 c osp A=ω+e+b +b +ψ¯, (56) 2 5 1 2εa1···a11L1a1a2···L5a9a10B1a11, (50) and similarly for A¯. In Eq. (56) each term takes values on a different subspace of the M algebra, namely La11b1···La66b6hJa1b1···Ja6b6iosp = 13 ω = 21ωabJab, (57) σX∈S6 e=eaPa, (58) 1 (cid:20)4Tr Lσ(1)Lσ(2) Tr Lσ(3)Lσ(4) Tr Lσ(5)Lσ(6) + b2 = 12ba2bZab, (59) −Tr (cid:0)L L L(cid:1) (cid:0)L Tr L(cid:1) (cid:0)L + (cid:1) 1 σ(1) σ(2) σ(3) σ(4) σ(5) σ(6) b = babcdeZ , (60) 16 5 5! 5 abcde +15(cid:0)Tr Lσ(1)Lσ(2)Lσ(3)Lσ(cid:1)(4)L(cid:0)σ(5)Lσ(6) (cid:1), (51) ψ¯=ψ¯αQα. (61) (cid:21) (cid:0) (cid:1) In Eq. (54), k is an arbitrary constant, θ = A−A¯, A =A¯+tθ, and F =dA +A2. The Lagrangian(55) La1b1···La5b5Bc1···c5hJ ···J Z i = t t t t 1 5 5 a1b1 a5b5 c1···c5 osp corresponds to a transgression form [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]. 1 5 Transgression forms are intimately related to CS forms, ε − La1a2···La7a8 L Bbca9a10a11+ 3 a1···a11 4 σ(1) σ(4) σ(5) bc 5 since they can be written as the difference of two CS σX∈S5(cid:20) (cid:2) (cid:3) formsplusaboundaryterm. Thepresenceofthiscrucial +10Lσa1(1a)2Lσa3(2a)4Lσa5(3a)6 Lσ(4) a7b Lσ(5) a8cB5bca9a10a11+ boundary term cures some pathologies present in stan- dard CS Theory, such as ill-defined conserved charges 1 + 4Lσa1(1a)2Lσa3(2a)4Lσa5(3a)6B(cid:2)5a7···a1(cid:3)1Tr(cid:2) Lσ(4(cid:3))Lσ(5) + (see Ref. [11]). The general form of the Lagrangian given in Eq. (55) −Lσa1(1a)2Lσa3(2a)4 Lσ(3)Lσ(4)Lσ(5) a5(cid:0)a6B5a7···a11(cid:1), (52) suffices in order to derive field equations, boundary con- (cid:2) (cid:3) i ditions and Noether charges. Nevertheless, an explicit version is highly desirable because it clearly shows the La1b1···La4b4χ¯ ζβ QαJ ···J Q¯ = physical content of the theory; in particular, a separa- 1 4 α a1b1 a4b4 β osp tioninbulkandboundarycontributionsisessential. This 1 − ε La1a(cid:10)2···La7a8χ¯Γabcζ+ (cid:11) important task can be painstakingly long if approached 240 a1···a8abc 1 4 na¨ıvely,i.e. throughthesoleuseofLeibniz’srule. Away 1 3 + Tr L L La1a2La3a4χ¯Γ ζ+ out of the bog is provided by the subspace separation 60 4 σ(1) σ(2) σ(3) σ(4) a1···a4 method presented in Refs. [9, 12]. This method serves σX∈S4(cid:20) (cid:0) (cid:1) a double purpose; on one hand, it splits the Lagrangian −2La1a2 L L L a3a4χ¯Γ ζ+ σ(1) σ(2) σ(3) σ(4) a1···a4 in bulk and boundary terms and, on the other, it allows 3 the separationofthe bulkLagrangianinreflectionofthe (cid:2) (cid:3) + Tr L L Tr L L χ¯ζ+ 4 σ(1) σ(2) σ(3) σ(4) algebra’s subspace structure. The method is based on −Tr L(cid:0) L L(cid:1) L(cid:0) χ¯ζ , (cid:1) (53) the iterative use of the ‘Triangle Equation’ σ(1) σ(2) σ(3) σ(4) where T(cid:0)r stands for the trace(cid:1)in t(cid:3)he Lorentz indices, i.e. QA(2←n+A¯1) =Q(A2←n+A˜1)+QA(˜2←n+A¯1)+dQ(A2←n)A˜←A¯, (62) Tr(LiLj)=(Li)ab(Lj)ba. Eq. (62) expresses a transgression form Q(2n+1) as the A←A¯ sumoftwotransgressionformsdependingonanarbitrary one-form A˜ plus a total derivative. This last term has III. THE M-ALGEBRA LAGRANGIAN the form We consider a gaugetheory on anorientable (2n+1)- QA(2←n)A˜←A¯ ≡ dimensional manifold M defined by the action 1 t n(n+1) dt ds A−A˜ A˜−A¯ Fn−1 , st S(2n+1) A,A¯ = L(2n+1) A,A¯ , (54) Z0 Z0 D(cid:16) (cid:17)(cid:16) (cid:17) E(63) T T ZM (cid:2) (cid:3) (cid:0) (cid:1) 6 where All three boundary terms that should in principle ap- pear in (78) cancel due to the very particular properties Ast =A¯+s A−A˜ +t A˜−A¯ , (64) of the invariant tensor chosen [cf. eqs. (45)–(49)]. F =dA +(cid:16)A2 . (cid:17) (cid:16) (cid:17) (65) The tensors Ha, Hab, Habcde and R are defined as st st st A first splitting of the Lagrangian (55) is achieved by Ha ≡ R5Pa M, (79) introducing the intermediate connection A˜ =ω¯, Hab ≡(cid:10)R5Za(cid:11)b M, (80) L A,A¯ =Q(A1←1)ω¯ +Q(ω¯1←1)A¯+dQ(A1←0)ω¯←A¯, (66) Habcde ≡(cid:10)R5Zabc(cid:11)de M, (81) and a s(cid:0)econd(cid:1)one by separating Q(11) through ω: Rαβ ≡(cid:10)QαR4Q¯β(cid:11)M. (82) A←ω¯ (cid:10) (cid:11) Explicitly using the invariant tensor (50)–(53) one finds Q(A1←1)ω¯ =Q(A1←1)ω+Q(ω1←1)ω¯ +dQ(A1←0)ω←ω¯. (67) α After these two splittings, the Lagrangian(55) reads H = 2R(5), (83) a 64 a L A,A¯ =Q(A1←1)ω−Q(A¯1←1)ω¯ +Q(ω1←1)ω¯ +dB(10), (68) Hab =α2 25 R4− 34R2R2 Rab+5R2Ra3b−8Ra5b , with(cid:0) (cid:1) (cid:20) (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:21) (84) B(10) =Q(A1←0)ω←ω¯ +Q(A1←0)ω¯←A¯. (69) Habcde =−156α2 5R[abRc(4d)e]+40Rf[aRgbRc(3d)e]fg+ The first two terms in (68) are identical (with the ob- −R2R(3) h+4R(2) R3 fg , (85) vious replacements), and we shall mainly concentrate abcde abcdefg obne uannraellyaztiendgttohetmhe.twTohefortmhierrd; tinermparwtiiclullbare,sithocwann btoe R=−α2 R4− 3R2R2(cid:0) 11(cid:1)+ i1 R(4)Γabc+ 40 4 96 abc madetovanishwithoutaffectingtherest. Theboundary (cid:26)(cid:18) (cid:19) term(69)canbe writtenina moreexplicitwayby going −3 R2Rab− 8 R3 ab RcdΓ . (86) abcd back to eq. (63) and replacing the relevant connections 4 3 (cid:20) (cid:21) (cid:27) and curvatures. The result is however not particularly (cid:0) (cid:1) illuminating and,as its explicit formis notneeded in or- Here we have used the shortcuts [27] der to write boundary conditions, we shall not elaborate any longer on it. Rn =Ra1a2···Rana1, (87) Let us examine the transgression form Q(A1←1)ω. The Ranb =Rac1Rc1c2···Rcn−1b, (88) subspace separation method can be used again in order R(n) =ε Rb1b2···Rb2n−1b2n. (89) to write down a closed expression for it. To this end we a1···ad−2n a1···ad−2nb1···b2n introduce the following set of intermediate connections: OnsectionIV weshallcommentonthe dynamicspro- A0 =ω, (70) ducedbythisLagrangian;herewemayalreadynotethat A1 =ω+e, (71) no derivatives of ea, ba2b or ba5bcde appear. This can be traced back to the particular form of the invariant ten- A =ω+e+b , (72) 2 2 sor (45)–(49), which contains no nonzero components of A3 =ω+e+b2+b5, (73) the form J3PZ , etc. 2 A =ω+e+b +b +ψ¯. (74) The last contribution to the Lagrangian (68) comes 4 2 5 (cid:10) (cid:11) fromthe Qω←ω¯ term. Takingintoaccountthe definition The Triangle Equation (62) allows us to split the trans- of a transgression form and the form of the invariant gression Q(A141←) A0 following the pattern tensor,itisstraightforwardtowritedowntheexpression Q(11) =Q(11) +Q(11) +dQ(10) , (75) 1 A4←A0 A4←A3 A3←A0 A4←A3←A0 Q(ω1←1)ω¯ =3 dtθabLab(t), (90) Q(A131←) A0 =Q(A131←) A2 +Q(A121←) A0 +dQ(A130←) A2←A0, (76) Z0 Q(11) =Q(11) +Q(11) +dQ(10) . (77) where A2←A0 A2←A1 A1←A0 A2←A1←A0 ProceedingalongtheselinesonearrivesattheLagran- L (t)= R5J (91) ab t ab M gian (cid:10) (cid:11) and 1 Q(11) =6 H ea+ H bab+ A4←A0 a 2 ab 2 1 (cid:20) R = [R ]abJ , (92) t t ab 1 5 2 + H babcde− ψ¯RD ψ . (78) 5! abcde 5 2 ω (cid:21) [Rt]ab =R¯ab+tDω¯θab+t2θacθcb. (93) 7 An explicit version for L (t) reads off one finds that there are severaldistinct sectors which ab arebythemselvesinvariant,sothatitisperfectlysensible 5 3 L (t)=α R4− R2R2 [R ] + to associate them with different couplings. ab 0 2 t 4 t t t ab TheneteffectontheLagrangian(78)concernsonlythe (cid:20) (cid:18) (cid:19) +5R2[R ]3 −8[R ]5 . (94) explicit expressions for the tensors defined in (79)–(82); t t ab t ab the new versions read i Afewcommentsareinorder. Asseenin(94),Q(ω1←1)ω¯ is H = α2R(5), (97) proportional to α , as opposed to all other terms, which a 64 a 0 are proportional to α . This is a direct consequence of 5 3 2 H =α κ R4− γ R2R2 R + the choice of invariant tensor. Being the only piece in ab 2 2 15 4 5 ab (cid:20) (cid:18) (cid:19) the Lagrangian unrelated to α , it can be removed by 2 +5κ R2R3 −8R5 , (98) simply picking α = 0. This independence also means 15 ab ab 0 tThhaits Qis(ω1r←1e)lω¯atiesdbtyoittsheelffaincvtatrhiaantttuhnisdetrertmhecMorraeslgpeobnrdas. Habcde =−156α2 5R[abRc(4d)e(cid:3)]+40Rf[aRgbRc(3d)e]fg+ to the only surviving component when the supertrace is −κ R2R(h3) +4R(2) R3 fg , (99) 15 abcde abcdefg used to construct the invariant tensor. Becauseofits form, Q(ω1←1)ω¯ apparentlycontains abulk R=−α2 κ3R4− 3(5γ9−(cid:0)4)R(cid:1)2Ri2 11+ interaction of the ω and ω¯ fields. This is no more than 40 4 (cid:26)(cid:20) (cid:21) an illusion; in order to realize this, it suffices to use the 1 + R(4)Γabc+ ‘Triangle Equation’ with the middle connection set to 96 abc zero, −3 κ R2Rab− 8 R3 ab RcdΓ . (100) 9 abcd Q(ω1←1)ω¯ =Q(ω1←1)0−Q(ω¯1←1)0+dQ(ω1←0)0←ω¯. (95) 4(cid:20) 3(cid:0) (cid:1) (cid:21) (cid:27) Here Q(11) and Q(11) correspond to two independient The constants κn and γn are not, as it may seem, an ω←0 ω¯←0 infinite tower of arbitrary coupling constants, but are CSexotic-gravityLagrangiansandQ(10) corresponds ω←0←ω¯ rather tightly constrained by the relations to the boundary piece relating them. n κ =1+ (κ −1), (101) m n m A. Relaxing Coupling Constants n γ =γ + −1 (κ −1). (102) m n n m Allresultssofarhavebeenobtainedfromtheinvariant (cid:16) (cid:17) These two sets of constants replace the above β and tensor given in eqs. (50)–(53). This in turn was derived 4+2 β ;oncearepresentativefromeveryoneofthemhas from the supersymmetrized supertrace of the product of 2+2+2 been chosen, the rest is univocally determined by (101)– six supermatrices representing as many osp(32|1) gener- (102). In other words, fixing one particular κ sets the ators. Inparticular,wehaveused32×32DiracMatrices n values of all others. Once all κ are fixed, choosing one in d = 11 to represent the bosonic sector, so that the n γ ties together all the γ’s. bosonic components of the invariant tensor correspond n The original coupling constants β and β can to their symmetrized trace [20, 21]. 4+2 2+2+2 be expressed in terms of the new κ and γ as [28] Differentinvarianttensorsmaybe obtainedbyconsid- n n eringsymmetrizedproductsoftraces,asinhFpihFn−pi. 1 To exhaust all possibilities one must consider the parti- β = n(κ −1), (103) 4+2 n tions of six (which is the order of the desired invariant Tr(11) tensor). Amoment’sthoughtshowsthat,apartfromthe 15 β = (γ −κ ). (104) alreadyconsidered6=6partition,onlythe6=4+2and 2+2+2 [Tr(11)]2 n n 6 = 2+2+2 cases contribute, as all others identically vanish. We are thus led to consider the following linear It is also worth to notice that combination: β =0 ⇔ κ =1, (105) 4+2 n h···i =h···i +β h···i +β h···i . M 6 4+2 4+2 2+2+2 2+2+2 β =0 ⇔ γ =κ . (106) (96) 2+2+2 n n (The coefficient in front of h···i can be normalized to 6 unity without any loss of generality). The amazing result of performing this exercise is that B. Comparison between the S-Expansion Lagrangian and the HTZ Lagrangian nonewtermsappearintheinvarianttensor(96);rather, the original rigid structure found in (50)–(53) is relaxed into one which takes into account the new coupling con- InRef. [14], anactionfor aneleven-dimensionalgauge stants β andβ . Turning these constantson and theoryfor the Malgebrawasfound throughthe Noether 4+2 2+2+2 8 procedure. ThecorrespondingLagrangiancanbe castin IV. DYNAMICS the form A. Field Equations and Four-Dimensional 1 1 5 L =G ea+ G bab+ G babcde− ψ¯QD ψ, Dynamics α a 2 ab 2 5! abcde 5 2 ω (107) where ThefieldequationsforAandA¯ arecompletely analo- gous,andtherefore in this sectionthey will be presented G =R(5), (108) onlyforA. Thegeneralexpressionforthefieldequations a a reads G =−32(1−α) R4−2R2R2 R + ab ab +5R2Ra3b−4R(cid:2)a5(cid:0)b , (cid:1) (109) F5TA M =0, (115) G =− 5 (64α)R (cid:3)R(4) , (110) where {TA,A=1,...(cid:10),dim(g(cid:11))} is a basis for the algebra abcde 16 [ab cde] and F is the curvature. 64 1 Thefieldequationsobtainedbyvaryingea,bab,ba1···a5 Q= R(4)Γabc+ 2 5 5 96 abc and ψ are given by (cid:20) −1(1−α) R2R −R3 R Γabcd . (111) Ha =0, (116) 2 ab ab cd (cid:21) Hab =0, (117) (cid:0) (cid:1) H =0, (118) Here α is an arbitrary constant. abcde In our work we have obtained the Lagrangian(78), RDωψ =0, (119) 1 1 5 whereexplicitexpressionsforHa,Hab,Habcde andRcan L=Haea+2Habba2b+5!Habcdeba5bcde−2ψ¯RDωψ, (112) befoundinEqs.(97)–(100). The fieldequationobtained from varying ωab reads where H , H , H and R are given in Eqs. (97)– a ab abcde L −10 D ψ¯ Z (D ψ)+ (100). ab ω ab ω TheadvantageofwritingbothLagrangiansinthisway +5H (cid:0) Tc+(cid:1) 1 ψ¯Γcψ + isthatitmakeseasiertocompareeq.(107)witheq.(112) abc 16 (cid:18) (cid:19) just by matching the coefficients H , H , H and R a ab abcde 5 1 with Ga, Gab, Gabcde and Q. +2Habcd Dωbcd− 16ψ¯Γcdψ + Besidesanoverallmultiplicative constant[29], the La- (cid:18) (cid:19) 1 1 grangian (107) possesses two tunable independent con- + H D bc1···c5 + ψ¯Γc1···c5ψ =0, (120) stants, κ and γ , and the Lagrangian (112) posseses 24 abc1···c5 ω 16 n n (cid:18) (cid:19) just one, α. An interesting question is if there is some where we have defined particular choice of κ’s and γ’s which allows us to reob- taintheHTZLagrangian. Interestingly,theanswerisno. L ≡ R5J , (121) ab ab M As a matter of fact, it can be seen by simple inspection of the expressions for Habcde and Gabcde that in the S- (Zab)αβ ≡(cid:10)QαR3J(cid:11)abQ¯β M, (122) expansion Lagrangian new terms arise which cannot be Habc ≡(cid:10)R4JabPc M,(cid:11) (123) wiped out by a simple choice of the κ and γ constants. Nevertheless, there are some choices which bring both Habcd ≡(cid:10)R4JabZc(cid:11)d M, (124) Lagrangians closer. For example, the identification Habcdefg ≡(cid:10)R4JabZcde(cid:11)fg M. (125) α−1 Explicit versions for th(cid:10)ese quantities(cid:11)are found using κ15 = (113) the invariant tensor (50)–(53): 5 8 γ5 = 15(α−1) (114) Lab =α0 25 R4− 43R2R2 Rab+5R2Ra3b−8Ra5b , (cid:20) (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:21) (126) allows us to identify some terms of H with the ones ab in G . In the same way, the attempt to match (100) ab α 3 1 and (111) leads to a system of equations which has a Zab = 402 2 Ra3b− 4R2Rab 11− 48Ra(3b)cdeΓcde+ solution under some conditions. (cid:26) (cid:18) (cid:19) 3 1 Thus the comparison between the Lagrangians (78) − R Rcd− R2δcd RefΓ + and (107) shows the independence between them. The 4 ab 2 ab cdef (cid:18) (cid:19) LagrangianwhicharisesfromtheS-expansionprocedure − δcgR RhdRef −Rc Rd Ref+ ab gh a b containsallthetermsoftheHTZLagrangian,alongwith new terms which cannot be made to vanish by a simple +(cid:2)1δef R3 cd Γ , (127) choice of constants. 2 ab cdef (cid:21) (cid:27) (cid:0) (cid:1) 9 α H = 2R(4), (128) two sets of mathematical tools. The first of these sets abc 32 abc was providedin Ref. [19], where the procedure of expan- sion is analyzed using abelian semigroups and non-trace 3 invariant tensors for this kind of algebras are written. Habcd =α2δaefbδcgdh 4R2RefRgh−Re3fRgh−RefRg3h+ The problem of the invariant tensor is far from being a (cid:20) trivial one; as discussed in Ref. [19], the 0 -reduction 4 S − R R3 +R3 R −R2 R2 + procedure which was necessary in order to construct the 5 eh fg eh fg eh fg M algebra from osp(32|1) also renders the supertrace, 1(cid:0) 1 (cid:1)3 + R2R R + η R4− R2R2 + usually used as invariant tensor, as almost useless. The 2 eh fg 8 [ef][gh] 4 other set of tools is related with properties of transgres- (cid:18) (cid:19) 8 sion forms, and especially with the subspace separation −η R2R2 − R4 , (129) fg eh 5 eh method [9, 12], used in order to write down the Lagran- (cid:18) (cid:19)(cid:21) gian in an explicit way. From a physical point of view, it is very compelling α 5 1 H = 2δcdefg − R(3) R − R R(3) + that, using the methods of ‘dynamical dimensional re- abc1···c5 80 c1···c5 3 abcde fg 6 ab cdefg duction’introducedin[13,14], somethingthat lookslike (cid:20) +10R(2) Rp Rq − 2R(1) R3 pq+ a ‘frozen’ version of four-dimensional Einstein–Hilbert abcdepq f g 3 abcdefgpq gravitywithpositivecosmologicalconstantisobtainedby + 1Rp Rq R(2) − 1Rq R(2) (cid:0)Rp(cid:1)+ simplyabandoningtheprejudicethatthevacuumshould 3 a b cdefgpq 3 a bcdefgp q satisfy F =0. This dynamics ‘freezing’ is a consequence 1 1 oftheconstrainedformoftheinvarianttensor: theMal- + 4R2Ra(2b)cdefg+ 3RqbRa(2c)defgpRpq+ gebrahas more generatorsthan osp(32|1), but less non- vanishing components on the invariant tensor. For this 10 10 − 3 ηgaRb(3c)depRpf + 3 ηgbRa(3c)depRpf+ reason, the equations of motion associated to the vari- ations of ea, bab and ba1···a5 become simply constraints 5 2 5 − η R(4) . (130) on the gravitationalsector. But the poor form of the in- 24 [ab][cd] efg (cid:21) varianttensorisadirectconsequenceofthe0S-reduction procedure. As shown in Theorem 7.1 from Ref. [19], an They satisfy the relationships invarianttensorforagenericS-expandedalgebrawithout H = 1RabH , (131) 0S-reduction has more non-vanishing components than c abc its 0 -reduced counterpart and, in general, even more 2 S 1 components than the invariant tensor of the original al- Hcd = RabHabcd, (132) gebra. 2 1 Theaboveconsiderationsmakeitevidentthatitwould H = RabH , (133) cdefg 2 abcdefg be advisable to avoid the 0S-reduction. The M alge- R= 1RabZ . (134) braarisesasthe 0S-reductionofthe resonantsubalgebra ab given by eq. (24). This resonant subalgebra itself looks 2 verymuchliketheMalgebra,inthesensethatithasthe The problem of finding a ‘true vacuum’ can be ana- anticommutator lyzed in a similar way to the Refs. [13, 14], leading to some results of the above-mentionedreferences: it is not 1 1 1 possible to reproduce four-dimensional General Relativ- Q,Q¯ = ΓaP − ΓabZ + Γa1···a5Z , 8 a 2 ab 5! a1···a5 ity because there are too many constraints on the four- (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:8) (cid:9) (135) dimensional geometry. [30] but it also has an osp(32|1) subalgebra (spanned by There are several ways in which one could deal with λ J , λ P , λ Z and λ Q; let us remember this problem; as we will discuss in the conclusions, the 3 ab 3 a 3 a1···a5 3 that λ λ = λ ). The ‘central charges’ are no longer excessof constraintsis stronglyrelatedto the semigroup 3 3 3 abelian; rather, their commutators take values on the choicemadeinordertoconstructtheMalgebraandalso λ ×osp(32|1) sector. This algebra has a much bigger to the 0 -reduction. When other semigroups are cho- 3 S tensor than the ‘normal’ M algebra (see Theorem 7.1 sen, different algebras can arise which reproduce several from Ref. [19]), and therefore, an ‘unfrozen’ dynamics features of the M algebra without having its ‘dynamical which has good chances of reproducing four-dimensional rigidity’ [19]. Einstein–Hilbert Gravity. AmoreelegantalgebrachoiceisalsoshowninRef.[19]. V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Replacing the M algebra’s semigroup S(2) for the cyclic E groupZ , a resonantsubalgebra of Z ×osp(32|1) is ob- 4 4 The construction of a transgressiongauge field theory tained. It has very interesting features, like having two for the M algebrahas been developedthroughthe use of fermionic charges, Q and Q′ with an M algebra-like an- 10 ticommutator settled. As already discussed, in order to solve these problems it might be wise to take into account the fact Q′,Q¯′ = Q,Q¯ that the M algebra is but one possible choice within a 1 1 1 family of superalgebras. Other members of this family (cid:8) (cid:9)=(cid:8)8 ΓaP(cid:9)a− 2ΓabZab+ 5!Γa1···a5Za1···a5 . 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