A brief history (and geography) of Supergravity: the first 3 weeks... and after

Deser, S.

doi:10.1140/epjh/e2018-90005-3

Title: A brief history (and geography) of Supergravity: the first 3 weeks... and after

Abstract

Here, I summarize, at its 41st – and what would have been Bruno Zumino’s 94th – birthday, the history of the discoveries of Supergravity, and some of its framework and later developments.

Authors:

Deser, S. ^[1]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1597707

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011632; PHY-1266107

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: The European Physical Journal. H

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 43; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2102-6459

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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  title        = {A brief history (and geography) of Supergravity: the first 3 weeks... and after},

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  abstractNote = {Here, I summarize, at its 41st – and what would have been Bruno Zumino’s 94th – birthday, the history of the discoveries of Supergravity, and some of its framework and later developments.},

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Supergravity in theory in 11 dimensions journal, June 1978

Gauge internal symmetry in extended supergravity journal, March 1977

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Elektron und Gravitation. I journal, May 1929

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Local supersymmetry for spinning particles journal, October 1976

One-loop divergences of quantized Einstein-Maxwell fields journal, July 1974

One-loop divergences of the Einstein-Yang-Mills system journal, November 1974

Higher spin vierbein gauge fermions and hypergravities journal, October 1980

Broken Supersymmetry and Supergravity journal, June 1977

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Three-Dimensional Massive Gauge Theories journal, April 1982

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The ultra-violet finiteness of the N=4 Yang-Mills theory journal, April 1983

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Two-loop renormalizability of supergravity journal, January 1977

The N = 8 supergravity theory. I. The lagrangian journal, December 1978

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Supersymmetries and their representations journal, March 1978

Quantum gravity at two loops journal, October 1985

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Topologically massive supergravity
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Unified Geometric Theory of Gravity and Supergravity
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A complete action for the spinning string
journal, December 1976

Supergravity in theory in 11 dimensions
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Gauge internal symmetry in extended supergravity
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Progress toward a theory of supergravity
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Supergauge transformations in four dimensions
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Elektron und Gravitation. I
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Five-loop four-point integrand of $N = 8$ supergravity as a generalized double copy
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Local supersymmetry for spinning particles
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One-loop divergences of quantized Einstein-Maxwell fields
journal, July 1974

One-loop divergences of the Einstein-Yang-Mills system
journal, November 1974

Higher spin vierbein gauge fermions and hypergravities
journal, October 1980

Broken Supersymmetry and Supergravity
journal, June 1977

Constraints on gravitationally coupled tensor fields
journal, June 1971

Three-Dimensional Massive Gauge Theories
journal, April 1982

A Remark on the Coupling of Gravitation and Electron
journal, March 1950

The ultra-violet finiteness of the N=4 Yang-Mills theory
journal, April 1983

On the compatibility of relativistic wave equations for particles of higher spin in the presence of a gravitational field
journal, October 1958

Two-loop renormalizability of supergravity
journal, January 1977

The N = 8 supergravity theory. I. The lagrangian
journal, December 1978

Renormalizability Properties of Supergravity
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Consistent supergravity
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Topologically massive gauge theories
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Geometrisierung der Diracschen Theorie des Elektrons
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Supersymmetries and their representations
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Quantum gravity at two loops
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