Geometric structures of vectorial type

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2005.12.007MaRDI QIDQ857398zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ilka Agricola, Thomas Friedrich

Publication date 14 December 2006

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509147

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic connectionKilling vector fieldparallel formparallel spinorintrinsic torsionspin groupconnectionWeyl geometry\(G\)-structureKilling spinorcharacteristic torsionHopf structurespecial \(G\)-structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We study geometric structures of $mathcal{W}_4$-type in the sense of A. Gray on a Riemannian manifold. If the structure group $mathrmGsubsetSO(n)$ preserves a spinor or a non-degenerate differential form, its intrinsic torsion $Gamma$ is a closed 1-form (Proposition ef{dGamma} and Theorem ef{Fixspinor}). Using a $mathrmG$-invariant spinor we prove a splitting theorem (Proposition ef{splitting}). The latter result generalizes and unifies a recent result obtained in cite{Ivanov&Co}, where this splitting has been proved in dimensions $n=7,8$ only. Finally we investigate geometric structures of vectorial type and admitting a characteristic connection $abl{a}^{mathrmc}$. An interesting class of geometric structures generalizing Hopf structures are those with a $abl{a}^{mathrmc}$-parallel intrinsic torsion $Gamma$. In this case, $Gamma$ induces a Killing vector field (Proposition ef{Killing}) and for some special structure groups it is even parallel.

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