A note on gravity, entropy, and BF topological field theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2013-05-29 v1
Abstract
In this note I argue that the expression for entropic force, used as a starting point in Verlinde's derivation of Newton's law, can be deduced from first principles if one assumes that that the microscopic theory behind his construction is the topological BF theory coupled to particles.
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@article{arxiv.1002.1035,
title = {A note on gravity, entropy, and BF topological field theory},
author = {Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1035},
year = {2013}
}
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