SUPERGRAVITY THEORY

By SOPHIA ANDERSON

1 INTRODUCTION 2 BASIC INGREDIENTS 3 GAUGING SPACETIME SYMMETRIES AND THE WEYL MULTIPLET 4 MATTER MULTIPLETS 5 GAUGE FIXING OF SUPERCONFORMAL SYMMETRIES 6 SPECIAL K¨AHLER GEOMETRY 7 ACTION AND MAIN TRANSFORMATION LAWS FROM GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 8 QUATERNIONIC AND VERY SPECIAL GEOMETRY 9 FINAL RESULTS 10 FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS