Geometrical aspects of Schlesinger''s equation

The equation (Schlesinger's equation) for the isomonodromic deformations of an (SL (2, C) connection with four simple poles on the projective line is shown to describe a holomorphic projective structure on a surface. The space of geodesics of this structure is, by a primitive version of twistor theory, a two-dimensional complex Poisson manifold containing complete rational curves. The Poisson structure degenerates on a divisor and it is shown that the complement of the divisor is a symplectic manifold which can be identified with the quotient of the moduli space of representations of a free group on three generators in SL (2, ) by the action of a braid group.     

Generalised quaternion methods in conformal geometry

A new approach to Penrose's twistor algebra is given. It is based on the use of a generalised quaternion algebra for the translation of statements in projective five-space into equivalent statements in twistor (conformal spinor) space. The formalism leads toSO(4, 2)-covariant formulations of the Pauli-Kofink and Fierz relations among Dirac bilinears, and generalisations of these relations.     

The twistor equation on Riemannian manifolds

It is shown that a twistor spinor on a Riemannian manifold defines a conformal deformation to an Einstein manifold. Twistor spinors on 4-manifolds are considered. A characterization of the hyperbolic space is given. Moreover the solutions of the twistor equation on warped products Mⁿ × , where Mⁿ is an Einstein manifold, are described.     

Differential and Twistor Geometry of the Quantum Hopf Fibration

We study a quantum version of the SU(2) Hopf fibration and its associated twistor geometry. Our quantum sphere arises as the unit sphere inside a q-deformed quaternion space . The resulting four-sphere is a quantum analogue of the quaternionic projective space . The quantum fibration is endowed with compatible non-universal differential calculi. By investigating the quantum symmetries of the fibration, we obtain the geometry of the corresponding twistor space and use it to study a system of anti-self-duality equations on , for which we find an ‘instanton’ solution coming from the natural projection defining the tautological bundle over .     

La première valeur propre de l'opérateur de Dirac sur les variétés kählériennes compactes

K.D. Kirchberg [Ki1] gave a lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a spin compact Kähler manifoldM of odd complex dimension with positive scalar curvature. We prove that manifolds of real dimension 8l+6 satisfying the limiting case are twistor space (cf. [Sa]) of quaternionic Kähler manifold with positive scalar curvature and that the only manifold of real dimension 8l+2 satisfying the limiting case is the complex projective spaceCP ^4l+1.     

On the Hyperkähler/Quaternion Kähler Correspondence

A hyperkähler manifold with a circle action fixing just one complex structure admits a natural hyperholomorphic line bundle. This observation forms the basis for the construction of a corresponding quaternionic Kähler manifold in the work of A.Haydys. In this paper the corresponding holomorphic line bundle on twistor space is described and many examples computed, including monopole and Higgs bundle moduli spaces. Finally a twistor version of the hyperkähler/quaternion Kähler correspondence is established.     

Symplectic twistor spaces

The paper describes the geometry of the bundle (M, ω) of the compatible complex structures of the tangent spaces of an (almost) symplectic manifold (M, ω), from the viewpoint of general twistor spaces [3], [9], [1]. It is shown that M has an either complex or almost Kaehler twistor space iff it has a flat symplectic connection. Applications of the twistor space to the study of the differential forms of M, and to the study of mappings : N → M, where N is a Kaehler manifold are indicated.     

Complex quaternions,their connection to twistor theory

The projective space of complex quaternions is defined as a basic example of a new type of complex-quaternionic manifolds. It is shown that this manifold has a quite nonstandard topology and the relevance of it to the twistor correspondence is discussed.Presented at the International Symposium Selected Topics in Quantum Field Theory and Mathematical Physics, Bechyn, Czechoslovakia, June 14–19, 1981.     

Coherent state embeddings, polar divisors and Cauchy formulas

For arbitrary quantizable compact Kähler manifolds, relations between the geometry given by the coherent states based on the manifold and the algebraic (projective) geometry realized via the coherent state mapping into projective space, are studied. Polar divisors, formulas relating the scalar products of coherent vectors on the manifold with the corresponding scalar products on projective space (Cauchy formulas), two-point, three-point and more generally cyclic m-point functions are discussed. The three-point function is related to the shape invariant of geodesic triangles in projective space.     

Yukawa couplings between (2, 1)-forms

The compactification of superstrings leads to an effective field theory for which the space-time manifold is the product of a four-dimensional Minkowski space with a six-dimensional Calabi-Yau space. The particles that are massless in the four-dimensional world correspond to differential forms of type (1, 1) and of type (2, 1) on the Calabi-Yau space. The Yukawa couplings between the families correspond to certain integrals involving three differential forms. For an important class of Calabi-Yau manifolds, which includes the cases for which the manifold may be realized as a complete intersection of polynomial equations in a projective space, the families correspond to (2, 1)-forms. The relation between (2, 1)-forms and the geometrical deformations of the Calabi-Yau space is explained and it is shown, for those cases for which the manifold may be realized as the complete intersection of polynomial equations in a single projective space or for many cases when the manifold may be realized as the transverse intersection of polynomial equations in a product of projective spaces, that the calculation of the Yukawa coupling reduces to a purely algebraic problem involving the defining polynomials. The generalization of this process is presented for a general Calabi-Yau manifold.     

On the twistor space of a quaternionic contact manifold

In this note, we prove that the CR manifold induced from the canonical parabolic geometry of a quaternionic contact (qc) manifold via a Fefferman-type construction is equivalent to the CR twistor space of the qc manifold defined by O. Biquard.     

Twistor spinors on Lorentzian symmetric spaces

An indecomposable Riemannian symmetric space which admits non-trivial twistor spinors has constant sectional curvature. Furthermore, each homogeneous Riemannian manifold with parallel spinors is flat. In the present paper we solve the twistor equation on all indecomposable Lorentzian symmetric spaces explicitly. In particular, we show that there are — in contrast to the Riemannian case — indecomposable Lorentzian symmetric spaces with twistor spinors, which have non-constant sectional curvature and non-flat and non-Ricci flat homogeneous Lorentzian manifolds with parallel spinors.     

Anti-self-dual Conformal Structures with Null Killing Vectors from Projective Structures

Using twistor methods, we explicitly construct all local forms of four–dimensional real analytic neutral signature anti–self–dual conformal structures (M, [g]) with a null conformal Killing vector. We show that M is foliated by anti-self-dual null surfaces, and the two-dimensional leaf space inherits a natural projective structure. The twistor space of this projective structure is the quotient of the twistor space of (M, [g]) by the group action induced by the conformal Killing vector. We obtain a local classification which branches according to whether or not the conformal Killing vector is hyper-surface orthogonal in (M, [g]). We give examples of conformal classes which contain Ricci–flat metrics on compact complex surfaces and discuss other conformal classes with no Ricci–flat metrics. Dedicated to the memory of Jerzy Plebański     

Properties of Hyperkähler Manifolds and Their Twistor Spaces

We describe the relation between supersymmetric σ-models on hyperkähler manifolds, projective superspace, and twistor space. We review the essential aspects and present a coherent picture with a number of new results.     

Stein covers for curved twistor spaces

We show that any curved twistor space has a naturally-defined Stein cover, the elements of which are indexed by the points of the twistor space. We use this cover to give compact formulae for the Penrose transform and the inverse twistor functions, and to provide a broader and less singular definition of googly twistor spaces than previously available.     

Twistor diagrams for spinning massless free fields

A set of simple identities is utilized to build up new projective twistor diagrams for massless free fields of arbitrary spin in real Minkowski space. It is effectively shown that the inner structure of the configurations which arise out of implementing the relevant techniques has characteristics that are different from those of the conventional diagrams associated with the Kirchoff-D'Adhemar-Penrose integral expressions. A nonhomogeneous version of the configurations is also provided.     

Isotropic Kähler hyperbolic twistor spaces

In this paper we study two natural indefinite almost Hermitian structures on the hyperbolic twistor space of a four-manifold endowed with a neutral metric. We show that only one of these structures can be isotropic Kähler and obtain the precise geometric conditions on the base manifold ensuring this property.