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Formulations of N = 2 Supergravity Theories

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Unification of the Fundamental Particle Interactions

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We discuss various formulations of extended supergravity based on the N = 2 super-Weyl and super-Poincaré algebra. Representations of these algebras define a calculus for the construction of invariant actions. We also present a new version of Poincaré supergravity with local SU(2) symmetry. We exhibit the relation between various formulations, and give explicit examples of supersymmetry multiplets and invariant actions.

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  1. NIKHEF-H, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    B. de Wit

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  1. INFN, Frascati, Italy

    Sergio Ferrara

  2. Theory Division, CERN, Geneva 23, CH-1211, Switzerland

    Sergio Ferrara  & John Ellis  & 

  3. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, F-75231, Paris, France

    Sergio Ferrara

  4. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, USA

    Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

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de Wit, B. (1980). Formulations of N = 2 Supergravity Theories. In: Ferrara, S., Ellis, J., van Nieuwenhuizen, P. (eds) Unification of the Fundamental Particle Interactions. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3171-1_17

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