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Differential Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics II

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics ((LNM,volume 676))

Abstract

Supergravity, a new fermionic gauge theory unifying gravitation with spin, is described and some of its achievements and problems assessed. The theory is governed by a vector field whose values lie in a graded Lie algebra rather than the usual Poincaré algebra, and corresponds to a Dirac square root of general relativity.

Based on a lecture delivered at the conference on Differential Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics, Bonn 1977.

Supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 76 07299 A01

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Deser, S. (1978). Supergravity. In: Bleuler, K., Reetz, A., Petry, H.R. (eds) Differential Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics II. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 676. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0063690

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