nLab Hermann Nicolai

Selected writings

On the singleton representations) of the orthosymplectic super Lie algebra:

• Hermann Nicolai, Ergin Sezgin, Singleton representations of $Osp(N,4)$, Physics Letters B, Volume 143, Issues 4–6, 16 August 1984, Pages 389-395

On D=3 gauged supergravity and introducing the concept of embedding tensors:

On tensor hierarchies in gauged supergravity and possible relation to U-duality and M-theory:

On 4d gauged supergravity and 11d supergravity:

• Bernard de Wit, Hermann Nicolai, $D = 11$ Supergravity With Local $SU(8)$ Invariance, Nucl. Phys.

B 274, 363 (1986)

• Hermann Nicolai, $D = 11$ Supergravity with Local $SO(16)$ Invariance , Phys. Lett. B 187, 316 (1987).

• K. Koepsell, Hermann Nicolai, Henning Samtleben, An exceptional geometry for $d = 11$ supergravity?, Class. Quant. Grav. 17, 3689 (2000) (arXiv:hep-th/0006034).

On E10 as U-duality-group of supergravity/M-theory:

On E9 BPS states:

On super-heavy gravitinos as dark matter candidates, by embedding D=4 N=8 supergravity into E10-U-duality-invariant M-theory:

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