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The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the gauge fields and spinors in four dimensions and their generalization to spacetime dimensions d(d > 4), as they are basic to setting up the Kaluza-Klein and supergravity-type of theories.
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Maheshwari, A. (1989). The Photon, the Graviton and the Gravitino. In: Iyer, B.R., Mukunda, N., Vishveshwara, C.V. (eds) Gravitation, Gauge Theories and the Early Universe. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2577-9_19
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