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arxiv: hep-th/0612252 · v2 · submitted 2006-12-22 · ✦ hep-th

On D=11 supertwistors, superparticle quantization and a hidden SO(16) symmetry of supergravity

Igor A. Bandos , Jose A. de Azcarraga , Dmtri P. Sorokin This is my paper
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We consider a covariant quantization of the D=11 massless superparticle in the supertwistor framework. D=11 supertwistors are highly constrained, but the interpretation of their bosonic components as Lorentz harmonic variables and their momenta permits to develop a classical and quantum mechanics without much difficulties. A simple, heuristic `twistor' quantization of the superparticle leads to the linearized D=11 supergravity multiplet. In the process, we observe hints of a hidden SO(16) symmetry of D=11 supergravity.

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