nLab L. J. Romans

Selected writings

On coset spaces (homogeneous spaces) and their Maurer-Cartan forms in application to first-order formulation of (super-)gravity:

• Leonardo Castellani, L. J. Romans, Nicholas P. Warner, Symmetries of coset spaces and Kaluza-Klein supergravity, Annals of Physics 157 2 (1984) 394-407 [doi:10.1016/0003-4916(84)90066-6]

Introducing massive type IIA supergravity (“Romans supergravity”):

• L. J. Romans, Massive $N = 2a$ supergravity in ten dimensions , Physics Letters B Volume 169, Issue 4, 3 April 1986, Pages 374-380 (doi:10.1016/0370-2693(86)90375-8, spire:17727)

On gauged D=5 supergravity:

• Murat Günaydin, L. J. Romans and Nicholas Warner, Gauged $N = 8$ Supergravity in Five Dimensions, Phys. Lett. 154B, (1985) 268 (spire:207663, doi:10.1016/0370-2693(85)90361-2)

• Murat Günaydin, L. J. Romans and Nicholas Warner, Compact and Non–Compact Gauged Supergravity Theories in Five Dimensions, Nucl. Phys. B272 (1986) 598 (spire:219727, doi:10.1016/0550-3213(86)90237-3)

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