The Hamiltonian geometry of the space of unitary connections with symplectic curvature (Q2510086)

Let \(L\longrightarrow M\) be a Hermitian line bundle over a compact \(2n\)-dimensional manifold. Assume that \(c_1(L)\) contains symplectic forms. The author studies the space \({\mathcal{S}}\) of all unitary connections \(A\) in \(L\) for which \(\omega_A=\frac{i}{2\pi}~F_A\) is a symplectic form on \(M\). Write \({\mathcal{G}}\) for the identity component of the group of all unitary bundle isometries of \(L\) (not necessarily covering the identity on \(M\)), which acts on \({\mathcal{S}}\) by pull-back. In other words, one considers those diffeomorphisms of \(L\) which send fibers to fibers by unitary isomorphisms and which can be connected by a path of such diffeomorphisms to the identity. The main result is that \({\mathcal{S}}\) carries a \({\mathcal{G}}\)-invariant symplectic structure, there is a moment map for the \({\mathcal{G}}\)-action and that this embeds the components of \({\mathcal{S}}\) as \({\mathcal{G}}\)-coadjoint orbits. Restricting to the subgroup of \({\mathcal{G}}\) which covers the identity on \(M\), it is shown that prescribing the volume form of a symplectic structure can be seen as finding a zero of a moment map. When \(M\) is a Kähler manifold, this gives a moment map interpretation of the Calabi conjecture. It puts the problem into the same framework as the Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence (concerning Hermitian-Einstein connections) and the Donaldson-Tian-Yau conjecture (concerning Kähler metrics with constant scalar curvature).