BF gravity

2016/10/05 by Mariano Celada, Diego González, Merced Montesinos · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Action (physics) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) #Gauge (firearms) #General relativity #Gravitation #Gravitational field #Hořava–Lifshitz gravity #Loop quantum gravity #Mathematical physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Physics #Quantum #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Spin foam #Theoretical physics #gr-qc #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/33/21/213001

published as Class.Quant.Grav.33:213001,2016 · 54 pages, Topical Review, matches the published version in Classical and Quantum Gravity

openalex publication_date 2016/10/05 · arxiv created 2016/10/06 · arxiv updated 2016/10/07 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

BF gravity comprises all the formulations of gravity that are based on deformations of BF theory. Such deformations consist of either constraints or potential terms added to the topological BF action that turn some of the gauge degrees of freedom into physical ones, particularly giving rise to general relativity. The BF formulations have provided new and deep insights into many classical and quantum aspects of the gravitational field, setting the foundations for the approach to quantum gravity known as spinfoam models. In this review, we present a self-contained and unified treatment of the BF formulations of D -dimensional general relativity and other related models, focusing on the classical aspects of them and including some new results.

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