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In spite of considerable recent progress, M-theory is as yet a theory without a fundamental formulation. It is usually specified by means of a number of fundamental properties that we know it should posses. Among the most important of these characteristics is that the degrees of freedom and interactions of M-theory should provide a (mathematically consistent) representation of the maximally extended supersymmetry algebra of eleven dimensional supergravity [1]
Here P m denotes the eleven dimensional momentum, and Z (2) and Z (5) represent the two- and five-index central charges corresponding to the two types of extended objects present in M-theory, respectively the membrane and the fivebrane. Upon compactification, these extended objects give rise to a rich spectrum of particles, with many quantized charges corresponding to the various possible wrapping numbers and internal Kaluza-Klein momenta.
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Dijkgraaf, R., Verlinde, E., Verlinde, H. (1999). Notes on Matrix and Micro Strings. In: Baulieu, L., Di Francesco, P., Douglas, M., Kazakov, V., Picco, M., Windey, P. (eds) Strings, Branes and Dualities. NATO ASI Series, vol 520. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4730-9_12
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