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On Twistor Almost Complex Structures

Differential Geometry 2021-04-27 v2 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper we look at the question of integrability, or not, of the two natural almost complex structures J±J^{\pm}_\nabla defined on the twistor space J(M,g)J(M,g) of an even-dimensional manifold MM with additional structures gg and \nabla a gg-connection. We also look at the question of the compatibility of J±J^{\pm}_\nabla with a natural closed 22-form ωJ(M,g,)\omega^{J(M,g,\nabla)} defined on J(M,g)J(M,g). For (M,g)(M,g) we consider either a pseudo-Riemannian manifold, orientable or not, with the Levi Civita connection or a symplectic manifold with a given symplectic connection \nabla. In all cases J(M,g)J(M,g) is a bundle of complex structures on the tangent spaces of MM compatible with gg and we denote by π ⁣:J(M,g)M\pi \colon J(M,g) \longrightarrow M the bundle projection. In the case MM is oriented we require the orientation of the complex structures to be the given one. In the symplectic case the complex structures are positive.

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@article{arxiv.2010.04780,
  title  = {On Twistor Almost Complex Structures},
  author = {Michel Cahen and Simone Gutt and John Rawnsley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.04780},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

21 pages; fixed some typos and re-laid some formulas for easier reading