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SPONTANEOUS COMPACTIFICATION OF EXTENDED SUPERGRAVITY IN TEN-DIMENSIONS

John H. Schwarz

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Chiral N=2, D=10 supergravity describes the massless sector of one of the two possible type II superstring theories. After discussing reasons why this superstring theory appears promising as a unified field theory, we present the field equations of the supergravity theory and discuss the problem of finding solutions that describe compactification of undesired spatial dimensions.

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Key concepts: Supergravity, Superstring theory, Compactification (mathematics), Massless particle, Higher-dimensional supergravity, Theoretical physics, Physics, Unified field theory