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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Journal of High Energy Physics

Higher dualities in E11 exceptional field theory

  • Guillaume Bossard1
  • Nicolas Boulanger2
  • Josh O’Connor2,3
  1. 1Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
  2. 2Université de Mons — UMONS
  3. 3FRIA grantee of the Fund for Scientific Research — FNRS
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Abstract

A bstract : It was proposed that there exists an E ₁₁ -invariant formulation of eleven-dimensional supergravity in which the propagating fields of the theory are realised through an infinite tower of higher duals. We show how to derive the propagating equations of the higher dual fields within E ₁₁ exceptional field theory at the linearised level. Starting from the pseudo-Lagrangian, we construct parent actions for all higher gradient dual fields that are associated with the three-form, the six-form, and the dual graviton. We show that the resulting Euler-Lagrange equations constrain the Stückelberg fields to be pure curls, ensuring that the higher duals propagate the same physical degrees of freedom as the original supergravity fields. The additional Stückelberg fields, which are not predicted by the tensor hierarchy algebra, are shown to play a specific role as sources for the Labastida tensors of the higher dual fields.

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BibTeX
@article{bossard2026higher,
  title = {{Higher dualities in E11 exceptional field theory}},
  author = {Guillaume Bossard and Nicolas Boulanger and Josh O’Connor},
  journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1007/jhep10(2026)106},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP10(2026)106},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Higher dualities in E11 exceptional field theory
AU  - Guillaume Bossard
AU  - Nicolas Boulanger
AU  - Josh O’Connor
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/09
JO  - Journal of High Energy Physics
DO  - 10.1007/jhep10(2026)106
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP10(2026)106
AB  - A bstract : It was proposed that there exists an E ₁₁ -invariant formulation of eleven-dimensional supergravity in which the propagating fields of the theory are realised through an infinite tower of higher duals. We show how to derive the propagating equations of the higher dual fields within E ₁₁ exceptional field theory at the linearised level. Starting from the pseudo-Lagrangian, we construct parent actions for all higher gradient dual fields that are associated with the three-form, the six-form, and the dual graviton. We show that the resulting Euler-Lagrange equations constrain the Stückelberg fields to be pure curls, ensuring that the higher duals propagate the same physical degrees of freedom as the original supergravity fields. The additional Stückelberg fields, which are not predicted by the tensor hierarchy algebra, are shown to play a specific role as sources for the Labastida tensors of the higher dual fields.
SN  - 1029-8479
ER  -