Eugène Cremmer
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Eugène Cremmer, born in 1942, is a French
physicist. He is directeur de recherche at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
. In 1978, together with Bernard Julia
and Joël Scherk
, he co-developed 11 dimensional supergravity
theory and proposed a mechanism of spontaneous compactification
in field theory.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
physicist. He is directeur de recherche at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
. In 1978, together with Bernard Julia
Bernard Julia
Bernard Julia is a French theoretical physicist who has made contributions to the theory of supergravity. He graduated from Université Paris-Sud in 1978,and is directeur de recherche at the Ecole Normale Supérieure...
and Joël Scherk
Joël Scherk
Joël Scherk was a French theoretical physicist who studied string theory and supergravity. Together with John H. Schwarz, he figured out that string theory was a theory of quantum gravity in 1974...
, he co-developed 11 dimensional supergravity
Supergravity
In theoretical physics, supergravity is a field theory that combines the principles of supersymmetry and general relativity. Together, these imply that, in supergravity, the supersymmetry is a local symmetry...
theory and proposed a mechanism of spontaneous compactification
Compactification
Compactification may refer to:* Compactification , making a topological space compact* Compactification , the "curling up" of extra dimensions in string theory* Compaction...
in field theory.