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Selected writings

Introducing D=11 supergravity:

• Eugene Cremmer, Bernard Julia, Joël Scherk, Supergravity in theory in 11 dimensions, Phys. Lett. B 76 (1978) 409 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(78)90894-8]

Introducing D=4 N=8 supergravity by KK-reduction of D=11 supergravity on a 7-torus:

• Eugene Cremmer, Bernard Julia: The $N=8$ supergravity theory. I. The Lagrangian, Phys. Lett. B 80 1-2 (1978) 48-51 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(78)90303-9]

• Eugene Cremmer, Bernard Julia, The $SO(8)$ Supergravity, Nucl. Phys. B 159 (1979) 141 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(79)90331-6, spire:140465]

On hidden duality-symmetries (“U-duality”) in toroidal Kaluza-Klein compactifications of 11D supergravity:

• Eugène Cremmer, Bernard Julia, H. Lu, Christopher Pope: Dualisation of Dualities, I, Nucl. Phys. B 523 (1998) 73-144 [arXiv:hep-th/9710119, doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00136-9]

On first order formulation of supergravity:

• Bernard Julia, S. Silva, On first order formulations of supergravities, JHEP 0001 (2000) 026 [arXiv:hep-th/9911035, doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2000/01/026]

On Eugène Cremmer:

• Bernard Julia, Eugène Cremmer: 1942-2019, Cern Courier 69 (19 July 2020) [web, web]

On supergravity:

• Bernard L. Julia: An exceptional story: Symmetries and dualities between Maximal supergravity and General relativity, in: Half a Century of Supergravity [arXiv:2504.07576]

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