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Gauge and spacetime connections in the Plebanski formulation of complex general relativity
Diego Gonzalez, Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velazquez
The Plebanski formulation of complex general relativity is given in terms of variables valued in the complexification of the Lie algebra. Therefore, it is genuinely a gauge…
BF gravity with Immirzi parameter and matter fields
Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velazquez
We perform the coupling of the scalar, Maxwell, and Yang-Mills fields as well as the cosmological constant to BF gravity with Immirzi parameter. The proposed action principles empl…
Minimally modified self-dual 2-forms gravity
Riccardo Capovilla, Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velazquez
The first order Plebanski formulation of (complex) general relativity (GR) in terms of self-dual 2-forms admits a generalization, proposed by Krasnov, that is qualitatively differe…
BF gravity with Immirzi parameter and cosmological constant
Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velazquez
The action principle of the BF type introduced by Capovilla, Montesinos, Prieto, and Rojas (CMPR) which describes general relativity with Immirzi parameter is modified in order to…
Husain-Kuchar model as a constrained BF theory
Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velazquez
The Husain-Kuchar theory is a four-dimensional background-independent model that has long been viewed as a useful model for addressing several conceptual and technical problems app…
Topological field theories in n-dimensional spacetimes and Cartan's equations
Vladimir Cuesta, Merced Montesinos, Mercedes Velazquez +1
Action principles of the BF type for diffeomorphism invariant topological field theories living in n-dimensional spacetime manifolds are presented. Their construction is inspired b…