nLab D=14 supersymmetry

Contents

Ingredients

Dynkin label	sp. orth. group	spin group	pin group	semi-spin group
	SO(2)	Spin(2)	Pin(2)
B1	SO(3)	Spin(3)	Pin(3)
D2	SO(4)	Spin(4)	Pin(4)
B2	SO(5)	Spin(5)	Pin(5)
D3	SO(6)	Spin(6)
B3	SO(7)	Spin(7)
D4	SO(8)	Spin(8)		SO(8)
B4	SO(9)	Spin(9)
D5	SO(10)	Spin(10)
B5	SO(11)	Spin(11)
D6	SO(12)	Spin(12)
	$\vdots$	$\vdots$
D8	SO(16)	Spin(16)		SemiSpin(16)
	$\vdots$	$\vdots$
D16	SO(32)	Spin(32)		SemiSpin(32)

Supersymmetry in total spacetime dimension 14, hence on a 14-manifold, of interest for spacetime signature $11+3$ , hence super-extending Spin(11,3).

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reviewed in:

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