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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 \SO(4,1)\SO(4,1) 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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5 pages

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