TY - JOUR A1 - Barbero, J. Fernando AU - Sánchez Villaseñor, Eduardo Jesús T1 - BF actions for the Husain-Kuchař model Y1 - 2001 SN - 05562821 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/5720 AB - We show that the Husain-Kuchar model can be described in the framework of BF theories. This is a first step towards its quantization by standard perturbative quantum field theory techniques or the spin-foam formalism introduced in the space-time description of general relativity and other diff-invariant theories. The actions that we will consider are similar to the ones describing the BF-Yang-Mills model and some mass generating mechanisms for gauge fields. We will also discuss the role of diffeomorphisms in the new formulations that we propose. KW - Astronomía KW - Astrofísica KW - Astronomía KW - Astrofísica LA - eng ER -