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Supergravity in eleven-dimensional space-time

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Group Theoretical Methods in Physics

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Abstract

A comprehensive review of supergravity in eleven dimensions is presented with particular emphasis on the seven-sphere compactification. The complete mass spectrum and its Osp(8,4) content are exhibited and discussed. We conclude with some speculative remarks about the effects of quantum gravity.

On leave from theUniversité Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, CP225, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgique.

Supported in part by the Belgian State under the contract A.R.C. 79/83-12.

Invited Contribution to the XII International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Trieste (1983).

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Englert, F., Nicolai, H. (1984). Supergravity in eleven-dimensional space-time. In: Denardo, G., Ghirardi, G., Weber, T. (eds) Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 201. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0016152

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