Topological BF models with maximal field spectra: Consistent self-interactions

Journal Article · Fri Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748061· OSTI ID:22069183

Bizdadea, C; Cioroianu, E M; Saliu, S O; Sararu, S C; Stanciu-Oprean, L ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Craiova, 200585 Craiova (Romania)

Taking into account the recent developments in alternative descriptions of gravity via topological BF models, all consistent self-interactions of such theories with maximal field spectra in D=4,5,6 are analyzed in order to facilitate further generalizations to an arbitrary D. For convenience, the deformation of the solution to the master equation in the context of the BRST-antifield formalism is used as a general method of constructing consistent interacting gauge field theories. Also, commonly used hypotheses on quantum field theories on Minkowski space-times are employed.

• OSTI ID: 22069183
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1472, Issue 1; Conference: TIM-11: Physics conference, Timisoara (Romania), 24-27 Nov 2011; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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