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Selected writings

On the dual graviton:

• Xavier Bekaert, Nicolas Boulanger, Marc Henneaux: Consistent deformations of dual formulations of linearized gravity: A no-go result, Phys. Rev. D 67 (2003) 044010 [arXiv:hep-th/0210278, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.044010]

On higher spin gauge theory and its relation to Chevalley-Eilenberg algebras (physics jargon: “FDA”s) of $L_\infty$-algebras – under the name unfolded formalism:

• Nicolas Boulanger, Carlo Iazeolla, Per Sundell: Unfolding Mixed-Symmetry Fields in AdS and the BMV Conjecture: I. General Formalism, J. High Energy Physics 2009 JHEP07 (2009) [doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2009/07/013, arXiv:0812.3615]

On fields on de Sitter spacetime via the representation theory of the de Sitter group:

• Thomas Basile, Xavier Bekaert: Nicolas Boulanger: Mixed-symmetry fields in de Sitter space: a group theoretical glance, J. High Energ. Phys. 2017 81 (2017) [arXiv:1612.08166]

On path integral quantization of symplectic phase spaces via an AKSZ sigma-model:

• Thomas Basile, Nicolas Boulanger, Arghya Chattopadhyay: Reframing classical mechanics: An AKSZ sigma model perspective [arXiv:2504.18826]

On E11-exceptional supergravity:

• Guillaume Bossard, Nicolas Boulanger, Josh O’Connor: Higher dualities in E11 exceptional field theory [arXiv:2602.22491]

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