Quantization of strings and branes coupled to BF theory
| dc.creator | Baez, John C. | |
| dc.creator | Perez, Alejandro | |
| dc.date | 2006-05-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:26:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:26:24Z | |
| dc.description | BF theory is a topological theory that can be seen as a natural generalization of 3-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. | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0605087 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0605087 | |
| dc.identifier | Adv.Theor.Math.Phys.11:3,2007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/195813 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.subject | Mathematical Physics | |
| dc.title | Quantization of strings and branes coupled to BF theory | |
| dc.type | text |