Spinfoam models for M-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We use the approach to generate spin foam models by an auxiliary field theory defined on a group manifold (as recently developed in quantum gravity and quantization of BF-theories) in the context of topological quantum field theories with a 3-form field strength. Topological field theories of this kind in seven dimensions are related to the superconformal field theories which live on the worldvolumes of fivebranes in M-theory. The approach through an auxiliary field theory for spinfoams gives a topology independent formulation of such theories.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0109080,
title = {Spinfoam models for M-theory},
author = {Harald Grosse and Karl-Georg Schlesinger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0109080},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages