Boundary Effects in One-Loop Supergravity

Abstract

A brief review is presented of motivations and results in one-loop supergravity on manifolds with boundary, whose consideration is suggested by quantum cosmology.

6 pages, Latex, invited contribution to the "Concise Encyclopedia of Supersymmetry", edited by J. Bagger, S. Duplij and W. Siegel (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers)