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Some considerations on the Mac Dowell-Mansouri action

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A precise relation is established between the Stelle-West formulation of the Mac Dowell-Mansouri approach to a gauge theory of gravity and the approach based on a gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten term. In particular, it is shown that a consistent truncation of the latter correspond to the former. A brief review of the Lovelock-Chern-Simons motivation behind the gauged WZW ones is also done.

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@article{arxiv.0805.3558,
  title  = {Some considerations on the Mac Dowell-Mansouri action},
  author = {Andres Anabalon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3558},
  year   = {2008}
}

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