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Lectures in Supergravity Theory

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Recent Developments in Gravitation

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series ((NSSB,volume 44))

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Supergravity 1–3 is general relativity with an extra symmetry: Fermi-Bose symmetry, also called supersymmetry. In field theories in curved space, this symmetry must be local. Conversely, local Fermi-Bose symmetry can only be realized by field theories in curved spacetime. This explains the name supergravity.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, N.Y., 11974, USA

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  1. Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and High Energies, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

    Maurice Lévy

  2. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

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van Nieuwenhuizen, P. (1979). Lectures in Supergravity Theory. In: Lévy, M., Deser, S. (eds) Recent Developments in Gravitation. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2955-8_13

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