An Indefinite Kähler Metric on the Space of Oriented Lines

DOI10.1112/S0024610705006605zbMATH Open1084.53017arXivmath/0407490MaRDI QIDQ5704286FDOQ5704286

Authors: Brendan Guilfoyle, Wilhelm Klingenberg 

Publication date: 14 November 2005

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The total space of the tangent bundle of a K"ahler manifold admits a canonical K"ahler structure. Parallel translation identifies the space $BbbT$ of oriented affine lines in ${BbbR}^3$ with the tangent bundle of $S^2$. Thus, the round metric on $S^2$ induces a K"ahler structure on $BbbT$ which turns out to have a metric of neutral signature. It is shown that the isometry group of this metric is isomorphic to the isometry group of the Euclidean metric on ${BbbR}^3$. The geodesics of this metric are either planes or helicoids in ${BbbR}^3$. The signature of the metric induced on a surface $Sigma$ in $BbbT$ is determined by the degree of twisting of the associated line congruence in ${BbbR}^3$, and we show that, for $Sigma$ Lagrangian, the metric is either Lorentz or totally null. For such surfaces it is proven that the Keller-Maslov index counts the number of isolated complex points of $BbbJ$ inside a closed curve on $Sigma$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407490

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesicLorentz metricLagrangian surfacehelicoidKeller-Maslov indexKähler manifoldspace of oriented affine lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Differential line geometry (53A25)

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