Quantum gravity as a broken symmetry phase of a BF theory

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2006.086zbMATH Open1188.83041arXivhep-th/0610194OpenAlexW2005509488WikidataQ57602583 ScholiaQ57602583MaRDI QIDQ2472015FDOQ2472015

Authors: A. Miković 

Publication date: 19 February 2008

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We explain how General Relativity with a cosmological constant arises as a broken symmetry phase of a BF theory. In particular we show how to treat de Sitter and anti-de Sitter cases simultaneously. This is then used to formulate a quantisation of General Relativity through a spin foam perturbation theory. We then briefly discuss how to calculate the effective action in this quantization procedure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0610194

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zbMATH Keywords

de Sitteranti-de Sitterspin foams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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