On the Relations between Gravity and BF Theories

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simone Speziale, Laurent Freidel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Science of Ukraine 2012-05-01
Series:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2012.032