The odd side of torsion geometry
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Publication:741295
DOI10.1007/S10231-012-0314-6zbMATH Open1314.53055arXiv1207.3072OpenAlexW2144977943MaRDI QIDQ741295FDOQ741295
Authors: Diego Conti, Thomas Bruun Madsen 
Publication date: 11 September 2014
Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We introduce and study a notion of `Sasaki with torsion structure' (ST) as an odd-dimensional analogue of K"ahler with torsion geometry (KT). These are normal almost contact metric manifolds that admit a unique compatible connection with 3-form torsion. Any odd-dimensional compact Lie group is shown to admit such a structure; in this case the structure is left-invariant and has closed torsion form. We illustrate the relation between ST structures and other generalizations of Sasaki geometry, and explain how some standard constructions in Sasaki geometry can be adapted to this setting. In particular, we relate the ST structure to a KT structure on the space of leaves, and show that both the cylinder and the cone over an ST manifold are KT, although only the cylinder behaves well with respect to closedness of the torsion form. Finally, we introduce a notion of `G-moment map'. We provide criteria based on equivariant cohomology ensuring the existence of these maps, and then apply them as a tool for reducing ST structures.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3072
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