W GRAVITY AND SUPER-W GRAVITY Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We construct gauge theories of the W algebra and its super-extension, and discuss their relation to earlier results for the gauging of the "classical" contraction to the [Formula: see text] algebra.

published proceedings

  • Modern Physics Letters A

author list (cited authors)

  • BERGSHOEFF, E., POPE, C. N., ROMANS, L. J., SEZGIN, E., & SHEN, X.

citation count

  • 15

complete list of authors

  • BERGSHOEFF, E||POPE, CN||ROMANS, LJ||SEZGIN, E||SHEN, X

publication date

  • September 1990