Exceptional groups, symmetric spaces and applications (open access)

Exceptional groups, symmetric spaces and applications

In this article we provide a detailed description of a technique to obtain a simple parameterization for different exceptional Lie groups, such as G{sub 2}, F{sub 4} and E{sub 6}, based on their fibration structure. For the compact case, we construct a realization which is a generalization of the Euler angles for SU(2), while for the non compact version of G{sub 2(2)}/SO(4) we compute the Iwasawa decomposition. This allows us to obtain not only an explicit expression for the Haar measure on the group manifold, but also for the cosets G{sub 2}/SO(4), G{sub 2}/SU(3), F{sub 4}/Spin(9), E{sub 6}/F{sub 4} and G{sub 2(2)}/SO(4) that we used to find the concrete realization of the general element of the group. Moreover, as a by-product, in the simplest case of G{sub 2}/SO(4), we have been able to compute an Einstein metric and the vielbein. The relevance of these results in physics is discussed.
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Cerchiai, Bianca L. & Cacciatori, Sergio L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 108th Congress (open access)

Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 108th Congress

The Senate of United States Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 108th Congress.
Date: March 31, 2003
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library