On the Relations between Gravity and BF Theories

• Опубліковано в: : Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Дата: 2012
• Автори: Freidel, L., Speziale, S.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: Англійська
• Опубліковано: Інститут математики НАН України 2012
• Онлайн доступ: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/148471
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: On the Relations between Gravity and BF Theories / Дю Freidel, S. Speziale // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2012. — Т. 8. — Бібліогр.: 99 назв. — англ.

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.