Unification of the Fundamental Particle Interactions II (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

GUTs versus Susy GUTs.- Relations between Grand Unified and Monopole Theories.- Kaluza-Klein-Kounterterms.- Local SO(8) × SU(8) Invariance in N = 8 Supergravity and its Implication for Superunification.- Recent Developments in the Group Manifold Approach.- Supercurrent and Anomalies in supersymmetrical Yang-Mills theories.- Grand Unification in Extended Supergravity.- Bound State Regge Trajectories in N = 8 Supergravity.- New Results in Conformal Supergravity.- Unitary Realizations of the Non-Compact Symmetry Groups of Supergravity.- Towards Unification with just Fundamental Fermions.- Baryon Stability and Neutrino Oscillations.- The Universe Strikes Back.- Supersymmetry in Nuclei.- Axions.- CP Violation, Cosmological Baryon Asymmetry and Neutrino Masses - the Effect of Intermediate Mass Scales.- Some Aspects of Supersymmetry Breaking.- Fermion Masses, Global Symmetries and the Strong CP Problem.- Supersymmetry Breaking Through a Cosmological Constant.- Symmetry Breaking in Supersymmetric GUTs.- Quantization and Auxiliary Fields in 11 Dimensions.- Geometrical Constraints on Supergravity Coupling.- On Kaluza-Klein Theories.- Gravity as a Dynamical Consequence of the Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions.- Unification of Gauge and Gravity Interactions from Compositeness.- Some Remarks about Quantum Gravity.- From Quantum Cosmology to Quantum Gravity.- Minimal Hypotheses for Particle Definition in Curved Space-Time.- Fermions in the Desert.- The Weak Interaction as an Indirect Manifestation of Hypercolour.- Constraints on Composite Models of Quarks and Leptons.- Instantons in Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics.- Galilean Approximation of Massless Supersymmetric Theories.