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The couplings of a collection of BF models to matter theories are addressed in the framework of the antifield-BRST deformation procedure. The general theory is exemplified in the case where the matter fields are a set of Dirac spinors and respectively a collection of real scalar fields.
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Bizdadea, C., Cioroianu, E.M., Saliu, S.O. et al. Couplings of a collection of BF models to matter theories. Eur. Phys. J. C 41, 401–420 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02224-y
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