Edge Dynamics for BF Theories and Gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We discuss BF theories defined on manifolds with spatial boundaries. Variational arguments show that one needs to augment the usual action with a boundary term for specific types of boundary conditions. We also show how to use this procedure to find the boundary actions for theories of gravity with first order formulations. Possible connection with the membrane approach is also discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9609226,
title = {Edge Dynamics for BF Theories and Gravity},
author = {Arshad Momen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9609226},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Revised version, 16 pages, eqs. corrected and refs. added