Deformed BF theory as a theory of gravity and supergravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-03-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Thesis provides an analysis of various aspects theory of gravity seen as a deformation of a topological SO(2,3) BF theory. Considered framework, originating from the 70's and known as MacDowell-Mansouri gravity, assures the most general form of action, containing the Einstein-Cartan action with a negative cosmological constant, the Holst term, and the topological Euler, Pontryagin and Nieh-Yan invariants. Main goal was to investigate the presence of Barbero-Immirzi parameter in the context of supergravity, as well as black hole thermodynamics arising from the gravitational Noether charges.
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@article{arxiv.1208.5185,
title = {Deformed BF theory as a theory of gravity and supergravity},
author = {Remigiusz Durka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.5185},
year = {2015}
}
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84 pages, Ph.D. thesis, Institute for Theoretical Physics at University of Wroclaw, 2012