Quantization of strings and branes coupled to BF theory
Baez , John C. ; Perez, Alejandro
Adv. Theor. Math. Phys., Tome 11 (2007) no. 1, p. 451-469 / Harvested from Project Euclid
BF theory is a topological theory that can be seen as a natural generalization of three-dimensional gravity to arbitrary dimensions. Here, we show that the coupling to point particles that is natural in three dimensions generalizes in a direct way to BF theory in $d$ dimensions coupled to $(d − 3)$-branes. In the resulting model, the connection is flat except along the membrane world-sheet, where it has a conical singularity whose strength is proportional to the membrane tension. As a step towards canonically quantizing these models, we show that a basis of kinematical states is given by “membrane spin networks”, which are spin networks equipped with extra data where their edges end on a brane.
Publié le : 2007-06-14
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     title = {Quantization of strings and branes coupled to BF theory},
     journal = {Adv. Theor. Math. Phys.},
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     number = {1},
     year = {2007},
     pages = { 451-469},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1185303968}
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Baez , John C.; Perez, Alejandro. Quantization of strings and branes coupled to BF theory. Adv. Theor. Math. Phys., Tome 11 (2007) no. 1, pp.  451-469. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1185303968/