The Sources of Supergravity
arXiv:hep-th/0203171
Abstract
Recollections on how the basic concepts and ingredients of supergravity were formulated by Dmitrij V. Volkov and the present author in 1973-74.
4 pages, LATEX 2.09. These recollections were written, following to the kind suggestion of Mikhail Shifman, in connection with the Symposium "30 Years of Supersymmetry" (October 13-15, Theoretical Physics Institute at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2000) and are presented in the book "The Supersymmetric World. The Beginning of the Theory", edited by G. Kane and M. Shifman, pages 88-92, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2000