Year: 2006
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: It is known that the Einstein-Hilbert action with a positive cosmological constant can be represented as a perturbation of the SO (4, 1) BF theory by a symmetry-breaking term quadratic in the B field. Introducing fermionic matter generates additional terms in the action which are polynomial in the tetrads and the spin connection. We describe how to construct the generating functional in the spin foam formalism for a generic BF theory when the sources for the B and the gaugefield are present. This functional can be used to obtain a path integral for General Relativity with matter as a perturbative series whose the lowest order term is a path integral for a topological gravity coupled to matter.
Author: Aleksandar Miković
Institution: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1996290716