期刊
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
卷 50, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3171923
关键词
Chern-Simons theory; group theory; Lie algebras; supergravity
资金
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT), Chile
- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico (FONDECYT) [1080530, 1070306]
- Universidad de Concepcion [208.011.048-1.0]
- FONDECYT [11080200, 11080156]
The expansion of a Lie algebra entails finding a new bigger algebra G through a series of well-defined steps from an original Lie algebra g. One incarnation of the method, the so-called S-expansion, involves the use of a finite Abelian semigroup S to accomplish this task. In this paper we put forward a dual formulation of the S-expansion method, which is based on the dual picture of a Lie algebra given by the Maurer-Cartan forms. The dual version of the method is useful in finding a generalization to the case of a gauge free differential algebra, which, in turn, is relevant for physical applications in, e.g., supergravity. It also sheds new light on the puzzling relation between two Chern-Simons Lagrangians for gravity in 2+1 dimensions, namely, the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian and the one for the so-called exotic gravity..
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