Modular classes revisited (Q2929949)

Given a linear Poisson structure, the modular class can be understood as the obstruction to the existence of a homogeneous measure which is invariant by all the Hamiltonian flows.NEWLINENEWLINEThe article under review follows work by the author in [\textit{J. Grabowski}, Transform. Groups 17, No. 4, 989--1010 (2012; Zbl 1287.53072)], where the modular class was studied in the context of Q-manifolds and identified with the divergence of the associated homological vector field. The language of Q-manifolds describes several interesting structures, such as Poisson manifolds, (usual) Lie algebroids as well as general (skew) Lie algebroids, where the Jacobi identity is dropped. The current article introduces a concept of relative modular class for Dirac structures for a certain type of Courant algebroids, called projectable. This provides a geometric interpretation for modular classes of twisted Poisson manifolds.