Kac Moody and Borcherds extensions of e8 in a quantum early universe

25 September 2019
25 September 2019
Contatti: 
Staff Dipartimento di Matematica

Università degli Studi Trento
38123 Povo (TN)
Tel +39 04 61/281508-1625-1701-3898-1980.
dept.math [at] unitn.it

Venue: Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Sala Seminari "-1"
At: 16:00

Speaker:

  • Piero Truini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Genova) and Quantum Gravity Research (Los Angeles, U.S.A.)

Abstract:

I investigate Kac-Moody and Borcherds extensions of the exceptional Lie algebra e8 with the purpose of defining an algebra A as the basis for a quantum model of the universe at its early stages. The model includes a mechanism for the expansion of space and matter from a quantum initial condition. A vertex operator algebra V(A) is built on the e8 extension. Particle interactions and creation/annihilation are driven by the algebraic rules of A. Space creation is viewed as a co-algebra structure on V(A).

Contact person: Willem Adriaan De Graaf