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A Large N expansion for Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A Large N expansion for gravity is proposed. The scheme is based on the splitting of the Einstein-Hilbert action into the BF topological action plus a constraint. The method also allows to include matter fields. The relation between matter and non orientable fat graphs in the expansion is stressed; the special role of scalars is shortly discussed. The connections with the Holographic Principle and higher spin fields are analyzed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0511017,
  title  = {A Large N expansion for Gravity},
  author = {F. Canfora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0511017},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication on Nuclear Physics B. 25 pages, 11 figures, reference added