Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I Supersymmetry: the physical and mathematical foundations
- II Globally supersymmetric theories
- III Supergravities: locally supersymmetric theories
- 20 The problem of gauging supersymmetry
- 21 Einstein gravity as a gauge theory
- 22 N = 1 supergravity
- 23 Extended supergravities
- 24 The hidden assumptions of grand unification and the matter/force problem
- 25 Higher-dimensional unification
- 26 Eleven-dimensional supergravity and its preferential compactification
- IV Conclusion
- References
- Index
26 - Eleven-dimensional supergravity and its preferential compactification
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- I Supersymmetry: the physical and mathematical foundations
- II Globally supersymmetric theories
- III Supergravities: locally supersymmetric theories
- 20 The problem of gauging supersymmetry
- 21 Einstein gravity as a gauge theory
- 22 N = 1 supergravity
- 23 Extended supergravities
- 24 The hidden assumptions of grand unification and the matter/force problem
- 25 Higher-dimensional unification
- 26 Eleven-dimensional supergravity and its preferential compactification
- IV Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- Introduction to Supersymmetry , pp. 125 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986