Barbero, J. FernandoSánchez Villaseñor, Eduardo Jesús2016-09-072016-09-072001Villaseñor, E. J. (2001). BF actions for the Husain-Kuchař model. Physical Review D, 63(8).05562821http://hdl.handle.net/11268/5720We 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.engjournal article10.1103/PhysRevD.63.084021open accessAstronomíaAstrofísicaAstronomíaAstrofísica