29 June 2026 to 3 July 2026
Physicum, University of Tartu
Europe/Tallinn timezone

Jakob Palmkvist: The algebraic structure of gravity

30 Jun 2026, 14:20
25m
A106 (Physicum, University of Tartu)

A106

Physicum, University of Tartu

W. Ostwaldi 1

Description

It has been known since 1998 that the dynamics of the bosonic form fields in supergravity can be formulated as a twisted first-order self-duality relation in a Lie superalgebra. I will extend the formalism to the gravity sector and describe how Einstein's equations in vacuum can be derived in a similar way. Conversely, diffeomorphisms can be generalised and unified with gauge transformations for the form fields.

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