On D=11 supertwistors, superparticle quantization and a hidden SO(16) symmetry of supergravity

Details On D=11 supertwistors, superparticle quantization and a hidden SO(16) symmetry of supergravity On D=11 supertwistors, superparticle quantization and a hidden SO(16) symmetry of supergravity

2006-12-22

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612252v2

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

10 pages, plain latex Invited paper at the XXII Max Born Symposium "Quantum, Super and Twistors", September 27-29, 2006, in ho

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We consider a covariant quantization of the D=11 massless superparticle in the supertwistor framework. D=11 supertwistors are highly constrained, but the interpretation of their bosonic components as Lorentz harmonic variables and their momenta permits to develop a classical and quantum mechanics without much difficulties. A simple, heuristic `twistor' quantization of the superparticle leads to the linearized D=11 supergravity multiplet. In the process, we observe hints of a hidden SO(16) symmetry of D=11 supergravity.

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