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N = 8 Supergravity

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Unification of the Fundamental Particle Interactions

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After the trip through superspace in 11 dimensions under the direction of S. Ferrara, 1 I am supposed to bring you back to ordinary 4 dimensional space-time by presenting to you the N = 8 supergravity, a work done in collaboration with B. Julia2.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

    Eugène Cremmer

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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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Cremmer, E. (1980). N = 8 Supergravity. 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_10

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