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E 8 duality and dual gravity

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We construct the non-linear realisation of the E 8 motion group and compare this with the bosonic sector of eleven dimensional supergravity. The construction naturally leads to the introduction of a new potential field. We identify this new field with the dual gravity field by considering the reduction of the eleven-dimensional theory to three dimensions.

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Godazgar, H., Godazgar, M. & Perry, M.J. E 8 duality and dual gravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 44 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2013)044

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