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Supergravity couplings: a geometric formulation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

This report provides a pedagogical introduction to the description of the general Poincare supergravity/matter/Yang-Mills couplings using methods of Kahler superspace geometry. At a more advanced level this approach is generalized to include tensor field and Chern-Simons couplings in supersymmetry and supergravity, relevant in the context of weakly and strongly coupled string theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0005225,
  title  = {Supergravity couplings: a geometric formulation},
  author = {P. Binetruy and G. Girardi and R. Grimm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0005225},
  year   = {2008}
}

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266 pages, to be published in Phys. Rep. C