Abstract
We classify symmetric backgrounds of eleven-dimensional supergravity up to local isometry. In other words, we classify triples (M, g, F), where (M,g) is an eleven-dimensional lorentzian locally symmetric space and F is an invariant 4-form, satisfying the equations of motion of eleven-dimensional supergravity. The possible (M,g) are given either by (not necessarily nondegenerate) Cahen-Wallach spaces or by products AdSd × M11−d for 2 ⩽ d ⩽ 7 and M11−d a not necessarily irreducible riemannian symmetric space. In most cases we determine the corresponding F-moduli spaces.
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