Cosmological Singularities and a Conjectured Gravity/Coset Correspondence

dc.creatorDamour, Thibault
dc.date2007-04-05
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dc.descriptionWe review the recently discovered connection between the Belinsky-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz-like ``chaotic'' structure of generic cosmological singularities in eleven-dimensional supergravity and the ``last'' hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebra E(10). This intriguing connection suggests the existence of a hidden ``correspondence'' between supergravity (or even M-theory) and null geodesic motion on the infinite-dimensional coset space K(E(10)). If true, this gravity/coset correspondence would offer a new view of the (quantum) fate of space (and matter) at cosmological singularities.
dc.description12 pages, 1 diagram, contribution to ``String Theory and Fundamental Interactions'' -- in celebration of Gabriele Veneziano's 65th birthday -- eds. M. Gasperini and J. Maharana, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0732
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0732
dc.identifierLect.NotesPhys.737:941-948,2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193876
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleCosmological Singularities and a Conjectured Gravity/Coset Correspondence
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