A para-Kähler structure in the space of oriented geodesics in a real space form

DOI10.1007/S00022-020-00553-4zbMATH Open1452.53049arXiv1911.10432OpenAlexW3087617602MaRDI QIDQ2210786FDOQ2210786

Authors: Nikos Georgiou 

Publication date: 8 November 2020

Published in: Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we construct a new para-K"ahler structure $(mathcalG,mathcalJ,Omega)$ in the space of oriented geodesics $mathbbL(M)$ in a non-flat, real space form $M$. We first show that the para-K"ahler metric $mathcalG$ is scalar flat and when $M$ is a 3-dimensional real space form, $mathcalG$ is locally conformally flat. Furthermore, we prove that the space of oriented geodesics in hyperbolic $n$-space, equipped with the constructed metric $mathcalG$, is minimally isometric embedded in the tangent bundle of the hyperbolic $n$-space. We then study the submanifold theory, and we show that $mathcalG$-geodesics correspond to minimal ruled surfaces in the real space form. Lagrangian submanifolds (with respect to the canonical symplectic structure $Omega$) play an important role in the geometry of the space of oriented geodesics as they are the Gauss map of hypersurfaces in the corresponding space form. We demonstrate that the Gauss map of a non-flat hypersurface of constant Gauss curvature is a minimal Lagrangian submanifold. Finally, we show that a Hamiltonian minimal submanifold is locally the Gauss map of a hypersurface $Sigma$ that is a critical point of the functional $mathcalF(Sigma)=in{t}_{Sigma}sqrt|K|,dV$, where $K$ denotes the Gaussian curvature of $Sigma$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.10432

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zbMATH Keywords

real space formLagrangian submanifoldpara-Kähler structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index (53D12)

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