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On the Relations between Gravity and BF Theories

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-05-29 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We review, in the light of recent developments, the existing relations between gravity and topological BF theories at the classical level. We include the Plebanski action in both self-dual and non-chiral formulations, their generalizations, and the MacDowell-Mansouri action.

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@article{arxiv.1201.4247,
  title  = {On the Relations between Gravity and BF Theories},
  author = {Laurent Freidel and Simone Speziale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.4247},
  year   = {2012}
}

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