July 16, 2008
M. Pavsic: A novel view on the physical origin of E_8
A novel view on the physical origin of E_8
by Matej Pavšiˇc,
Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
E-mail: matej.pavsic@ijs.si
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 (2008 ) 332001 (10pp)
doi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/33/332001
Received 20 May 2008, in final form 26 June 2008
Published 11 July 2008
Online at stacks.iop.org/JPhysA/41/332001
Abstract
We consider a straightforward extension of the four-dimensional spacetime M_4 to the space of extended events associated with strings/branes, corresponding to points, lines, areas, 3-volumes and 4-volumes in M_4. Keep reading →