Multiplicative Dirac structures

DOI10.2140/PJM.2013.266.329MaRDI QIDQ395032zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Cristián Ortiz

Publication date 28 January 2014

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0176

zbMATH Keywords

Lie algebroidsLie groupoidsmultiplicative Dirac structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Poisson manifolds; Poisson groupoids and algebroids (53D17) Generalized geometries (à la Hitchin) (53D18)

Abstract: In this paper we introduce multiplicative Dirac structures on Lie groupoids, providing a unified framework to study both multiplicative Poisson bivectors (i.e., Poisson group(oid)s) and multiplicative closed 2-forms (e.g., symplectic groupoids). We prove that for every source simply connected Lie groupoid $G$ with Lie algebroid $AG$, there exists a one-to-one correspondence between multiplicative Dirac structures on $G$ and Dirac structures on $AG$, which are compatible with both the linear and algebroid structures of $AG$. We explain in what sense this extends the integration of Lie bialgebroids to Poisson groupoids carried out in cite{MX2} and the integration of Dirac manifolds of cite{BCWZ}. We also explain the connection between multiplicative Dirac structures and higher geometric structures such as $mathcalLA$-groupoids and $mathcalCA$-groupoids.

Review text

Dirac structures were introduced by \textit{T. J. Courant} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 319, No. 2, 631--661 (1990; Zbl 0850.70212)], and with \textit{A. Weinstein} [Trav. Cours 27, 39--49 (1988; Zbl 0698.58020)] as a generalization of Poisson structures, presymplectic forms and regular foliations. Loosely, a Dirac structure is a subvector bundle of \(\mathbb TM:=TM \oplus T^\ast M\) that is maximally isotropic with respect to the natural pairing on \(\mathbb TM\) and satisfies an integrability condition with respect to the so-called Courant bracket on sections of \(\mathbb TM\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn this work, Ortiz defines and studies Dirac structures on Lie groupoids that satisfy a natural compatibility condition with the groupoid multiplication. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe motivation for this paper comes from Poisson groupoids and symplectic groupoids where the compatibility of these structures with the groupoid multiplication is stated in terms of multiplicity. A similar compatibility condition arises for Dirac structures on Lie groupoids and hence the nomenclature. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEOrtiz also studies Dirac algebroids, which are Lie algebroids equipped with a Dirac structure compatible with both the linear and Lie algebroid structure. As a side note, Dirac algebroids have found application in mechanics via the work of \textit{K. Grabowska} and \textit{J. Grabowski} [J. Geom. Phys. 61, No. 11, 2233--2253 (2011; Zbl 1223.37064)]. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe main theorem of the paper is as follows: For every source connected Lie groupoid \(G\) with Lie algebroid \(AG\), there is a one-to-one correspondence between multiplicative Dirac structures on \(G\) and Dirac structures on \(AG\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn a specific sense described in the paper, Dirac algebroids play the role of infinitesimal versions of Lie groupoids equipped with a multiplicative Dirac structure. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEMany examples are presented throughout the paper. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENote: The paper is based on Ortiz's PhD thesis (2009).

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• Characterization and existence of multiplicative Dirac structures
• Gauge transformations of Jacobi structures and contact groupoids
• Poisson manifolds and their associated stacks
• Symmetries and reduction of multiplicative 2-forms
• Local and global integrability of Lie brackets
• Affine structures on Lie groupoids
• On the Lie 2-algebra of sections of an \(\mathcal{LA}\)-groupoid
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• Multiplicative Dirac structures on Lie groups
• On the geometry of prequantization spaces
• Glanon groupoids
• Local formulas for multiplicative forms
• Homogeneous spaces of Dirac groupoids
• Dirac Lie groups
• Complete Lie algebroid actions and the integrability of Lie algebroids
• Infinitesimal Automorphisms of VB-Groupoids and Algebroids
• B-field transformations of Poisson groupoids
• Integration of generalized complex structures
• Poisson groupoids and moduli spaces of flat bundles over surfaces
• Basic sections of \(\mathcal{LA} \)-groupoids
• Foliated groupoids and infinitesimal ideal systems
• Vector bundles over Lie groupoids and algebroids

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