Related papers: Supergravity and its Legacy
The fortieth anniversary of the original construction of Supergravity provides an opportunity to combine some reminiscences of its early days with an assessment of its impact on the quest for a quantum theory of gravity.
A recollection of some theoretical developments that preceded and followed the first formulation of supergravity theory is presented. Special emphasis is placed on the impact of supergravity on the search for a unified theory of fundamental…
I summarize, at its 41st--and what would have been Bruno's 94th--birthday, the history of the discoveries of Supergravity and some of its structure and later developments.
I give an account of the discovery of supergravity and the first six years of its development which lead to the most general coupling of supergravity to matter. I restrict the discussion to theories with only one supersymmetry that are in…
This contribution gives a panoramic overview of the development of N=8 supergravity and its relation to other maximally supersymmetric theories over the past 40 years. It also provides a personal perspective on the future role of this…
We give an elementary introduction to the structure of supergravity theories. This leads to a table with an overview of supergravity and supersymmetry theories in dimensions 4 to 11. The basic steps in constructing supergravity theories are…
Short introduction to the gauge/gravity duality
The development of supergravity unified models and their implications for current and future experiments are discussed.
We review recent progress in constructing maximal, classical supergravity models and their applications.
Recollections on how the basic concepts and ingredients of supergravity were formulated by Dmitrij V. Volkov and the present author in 1973-74.
Brief recollections by the author of how he interacted with Feynman and was influenced by him.
I sketch the main lines of development of the research in quantum gravity, from the first explorations in the early thirties to nowadays.
Lecture notes on selected topics in the theory of gravitation.
I describe the early, from the nineteen sixties, history of attempts at quantizing General Relativity.
The underlying gauge group structure of D=11 supergravity is revisited (see paper for detailed abstract).
Brief recollections by the author about how he contributed to the production of the Feynman Lectures in Physics
This paper is a set of notes that we wrote concerning the first version of Emergent Gravity [gr-qc/0602022]. It is our version of an exercise that we proposed to some of our students. The idea was to find mathematical errors and…
Recollections by the author about how his interactions with John Wheeler influenced his career in physics.
I describe several broad features of a programme to understand gravity as an emergent, long wavelength, phenomenon (like elasticity) and discuss one concrete framework for realizing this paradigm in the backdrop of several recent results.
An introduction to and a partial review of supergravity theories is given, insisting on concepts and on some important technical aspects. Topics covered include elements of global supersymmetry, a derivation of the simplest N=1 supergravity…