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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