nLab Eugène Cremmer

Eugène Cremmer (1942-2019)

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Selected writings

Introducing D=11 N=1 supergravity:

• Eugène 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]

and noticing the hidden E7 U-duality symemtry:

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

Formulation of D=11 supergravity in superspace (via supergeometry):

• Eugène Cremmer, Sergio Ferrara, Formulation of Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity in Superspace, Phys.Lett. B 91 (1980) 61 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(80)90662-0]

More on U-duality-covariant D=11 supergravity, including also discussion of E8:

• Eugène Cremmer: Supergravities in 5 dimensions, in: Superspace and Supergravity, Cambridge University Press (1981) [spire:155020, pdf]

Early (first?) discussion of D=5 supergravity:

• Eugène Cremmer: Supergravities in 5 Dimensions, in Stephen Hawking, Martin Roček (eds.): Superspace and Supergravity, Proceedings of Nuffield Workshop 1980, Cambridge University Press (1981) 267-282 [pdf, ISBN:9780521239080, inSpire:172773, cds:100081]

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

• Eugene Cremmer: Dimensional reduction in field theory and hidden symmetries in extended supergravity, in: Supergravity ‘81, Cambridge University Press (1982) 313–368 [ark:/13960/t4pm2rb2m, spire:168547, pdf, pdf]

• 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]

Related entries

• supergravity, 11-dimensional supergravity

• U-duality, E7

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