Cotangent Bundle Research Articles

Ampleness of Schur powers of cotangent bundles and k-hyperbolicity

In this paper, we study a variation in a conjecture of Debarre on positivity of cotangent bundles of complete intersections. We establish the ampleness of Schur powers of cotangent bundles of generic complete intersections in projective manifolds, with high enough explicit codimension and multi-degrees. Our approach is naturally formulated in terms of flag bundles and allows one to reach the optimal codimension. On complex manifolds, this ampleness property implies intermediate hyperbolic properties. We give a natural application of our main result in this context.

Normal Form Near Orbit Segments of Convex Hamiltonian Systems

Abstract In the study of Hamiltonian systems on cotangent bundles, it is natural to perturb Hamiltonians by adding potentials (functions depending only on the base point). This led to the definition of Mañé genericity [8]: a property is generic if, given a Hamiltonian $H$, the set of potentials $g$ such that $H+g$ satisfies the property is generic. This notion is mostly used in the context of Hamiltonians that are convex in $p$, in the sense that $\partial ^2_{pp} H$ is positive definite at each point. We will also restrict our study to this situation. There is a close relation between perturbations of Hamiltonians by a small additive potential and perturbations by a positive factor close to one. Indeed, the Hamiltonians $H+g$ and $H/(1-g)$ have the same level one energy surface, hence their dynamics on this energy surface are reparametrisation of each other, this is the Maupertuis principle. This remark is particularly relevant when $H$ is homogeneous in the fibers (which corresponds to Finsler metrics) or even fiberwise quadratic (which corresponds to Riemannian metrics). In these cases, perturbations by potentials of the Hamiltonian correspond, up to parametrisation, to conformal perturbations of the metric. One of the widely studied aspects is to understand to what extent the return map associated to a periodic orbit can be modified by a small perturbation. This kind of question depends strongly on the context in which they are posed. Some of the most studied contexts are, in increasing order of difficulty, perturbations of general vector fields, perturbations of Hamiltonian systems inside the class of Hamiltonian systems, perturbations of Riemannian metrics inside the class of Riemannian metrics, and Mañé perturbations of convex Hamiltonians. It is for example well known that each vector field can be perturbed to a vector field with only hyperbolic periodic orbits, this is part of the Kupka–Smale Theorem, see [5, 13] (the other part of the Kupka–Smale Theorem states that the stable and unstable manifolds intersect transversally; it has also been studied in the various settings mentioned above but will not be discussed here). In the context of Hamiltonian vector fields, the statement has to be weakened, but it remains true that each Hamiltonian can be perturbed to a Hamiltonian with only non-degenerate periodic orbits (including the iterated ones), see [11, 12]. The same result is true in the context of Riemannian metrics: every Riemannian metric can be perturbed to a Riemannian metric with only non-degenerate closed geodesics, this is the bumpy metric theorem, see [1, 2, 4]. The question was investigated only much more recently in the context of Mañé perturbations of convex Hamiltonians, see [9, 10]. It is proved in [10] that the same result holds: if $H$ is a convex Hamiltonian and $a$ is a regular value of $H$, then there exist arbitrarily small potentials $g$ such that all periodic orbits (including iterated ones) of $H+g$ at energy $a$ are non-degenerate. The proof given in [10] is actually rather similar to the ones given in papers on the perturbations of Riemannian metrics. In all these proofs, it is very useful to work in appropriate coordinates around an orbit segment. In the Riemannian case, one can use the so-called Fermi coordinates. In the Hamiltonian case, appropriate coordinates are considered in [10,Lemma 3.1] itself taken from [3, Lemma C.1]. However, as we shall detail below, the proof of this Lemma in [3], Appendix C, is incomplete, and the statement itself is actually wrong. Our goal in the present paper is to state and prove a corrected version of this normal form Lemma. Our proof is different from the one outlined in [3], Appendix C. In particular, it is purely Hamiltonian and does not rest on the results of [7] on Finsler metrics, as [3] did. Although our normal form is weaker than the one claimed in [10], it is actually sufficient to prove the main results of [6, 10], as we shall explain after the statement of Theorem 1, and probably also of the other works using [3, Lemma C.1].

The contact structure on the space of null geodesics of causally simple spacetimes

It is shown that the space of null geodesics of a star-shaped causally simple subset of Minkowski space is contactomorphic to the canonical contact structure in the spherical cotangent bundle of Rn. In the 3-dimensional case we prove a similar result for a large class of causally simple contractible subsets of an arbitrary globally hyperbolic spacetime applying methods from the theory of contact-convex surfaces. Moreover we prove that under certain assumptions the space of null geodesics of a causally simple spacetime embeds with smooth boundary into the space of null geodesics of a globally hyperbolic spacetime. The characteristic foliation of this boundary provides an invariant of the conformal class of the causally simple spacetime.

Characteristic cycles and the microlocal geometry of the Gauss map, II

Abstract We show that any Weyl group orbit of weights for the Tannakian group of semisimple holonomic 𝒟 {{\mathscr{D}}} -modules on an abelian variety is realized by a Lagrangian cycle on the cotangent bundle. As applications we discuss a weak solution to the Schottky problem in genus five, an obstruction for the existence of summands of subvarieties on abelian varieties, and a criterion for the simplicity of the arising Lie algebras.

Deformation Quantization and Homological Reduction of a Lattice Gauge Model

For a compact Lie group G we consider a lattice gauge model given by the G-Hamiltonian system which consists of the cotangent bundle of a power of G with its canonical symplectic structure and standard moment map. We explicitly construct a Fedosov quantization of the underlying symplectic manifold using the Levi–Civita connection of the Killing metric on G. We then explain and refine quantized homological reduction for the construction of a star product on the symplectically reduced space in the singular case. Afterwards we show that for $$G = {\mathrm {SU}}(2)$$ the main hypotheses ensuring the method of quantized homological reduction to be applicable hold in the case of our lattice gauge model. For that case, this implies that the—in general singular—symplectically reduced phase space of the corresponding lattice gauge model carries a star product.

Formality of Floer complex of the ideal boundary of hyperbolic knot complement

This is a sequel to the authors' article [BKO](arXiv:1901.02239). We consider a hyperbolic knot $K$ in a closed 3-manifold $M$ and the cotangent bundle of its complement $M \setminus K$. We equip $M \setminus K$ with a hyperbolic metric $h$ and its cotangent bundle $T^*(M \setminus K)$ with the induced kinetic energy Hamiltonian $H_h = \frac{1}{2} |p|_h^2$ and Sasakian almost complex structure $J_h$, and associate a wrapped Fukaya category to $T^*(M\setminus K)$ whose wrapping is given by $H_h$. We then consider the conormal $\nu^*T$ of a horo-torus $T$ as its object. We prove that all non-constant Hamiltonian chords are transversal and of Morse index 0 relative to the horo-torus $T$, and so that the structure maps satisfy $\widetilde{\mathfrak m}^k = 0$ unless $k \neq 2$ and an $A_\infty$-algebra associated to $\nu^*T$ is reduced to a noncommutative algebra concentrated to degree 0. We prove that the wrapped Floer cohomology $HW(\nu^*T; H_h)$ with respect to $H_h$ is well-defined and isomorphic to the Knot Floer cohomology $HW(\partial_\infty(M \setminus K))$ that was introduced in [BKO] for arbitrary knot $K \subset M$. We also define a reduced cohomology, denoted by $\widetilde{HW}^d(\partial_\infty(M \setminus K))$, by modding out constant chords and prove that if $\widetilde{HW}^d(\partial_\infty(M \setminus K))\neq 0$ for some $d \geq 1$, then $K$ cannot be hyperbolic. On the other hand, we prove that all torus knots have $\widetilde{HW}^1(\partial_\infty(M \setminus K)) \neq 0$.

Computation of Kontsevich weights of connection and curvature graphs for symplectic Poisson structures

We give a detailed explicit computation of weights of Kontsevich graphs which arise from connection and curvature terms within the globalization picture for the special case of symplectic manifolds. We will show how the weights for the curvature graphs can be explicitly expressed in terms of the hypergeometric function as well as by a much simpler formula combining it with the explicit expression for the weights of its underlined connection graphs. Moreover, we consider the case of a cotangent bundle, which will simplify the curvature expression significantly.

On a Connection Used in Deformation Quantization

Using natural lifting operations, we give a coordinate-free proof of the fact that the connection used by Bordemann, Neumaier and Waldmann to construct the Fedosov standard ordered star product on the cotangent bundle of a Riemannian manifold is obtained by symplectification of the complete lift of the corresponding Levi-Civita connection, in the sense of Yano and Patterson. In terms of local coordinates, this has already been shown by Plebanski, Przanowski and Turrubiates.

The Kontsevich graph orientation morphism revisited

The orientation morphism $Or(\cdot)(P)\colon \gamma\mapsto\dot{P}$ associates differential-polynomial flows $\dot{P}=Q(P)$ on spaces of bi-vectors $P$ on finite-dimensional affine manifolds $N^d$ with (sums of) finite unoriented graphs $\gamma$ with ordered sets of edges and without multiple edges and one-cycles. It is known that $d$-cocycles $\boldsymbol{\gamma}\in\ker d$ with respect to the vertex-expanding differential $d=[{\bullet}\!\!{-}\!{-}\!\!{\bullet},\cdot]$ are mapped by $Or$ to Poisson cocycles $Q(P)\in\ker\,[\![ P,{\cdot}]\!]$, that is, to infinitesimal symmetries of Poisson bi-vectors $P$. The formula of orientation morphism $Or$ was expressed in terms of the edge orderings as well as parity-odd and parity-even derivations on the odd cotangent bundle $\Pi T^* N^d$ over any $d$-dimensional affine real Poisson manifold $N^d$. We express this formula in terms of (un)oriented graphs themselves, i.e. without explicit reference to supermathematics on $\Pi T^* N^d$.

On Pull-Back Bundle of Tensor Bundles Defined by Projection of The Cotangent Bundle

Abstract Using projection (submersion) of the cotangent bundle T*M over a manifold M, we define a semi-tensor (pull-back) bundle tM of type (p,q). The aim of this study is to investigate complete lift of vector fields in a special class of semi-tensor bundle tM of the type (p,q). We also have a new example for good square in this work.

SOME NOTES ON THE MODIFIED RIEMANNIAN EXTENSION g ̃_(∇,c) ON COTANGENT BUNDLE

In this paper, we define the modified Riemannian extension g ̃_(∇,c) in the cotangent bundle T^* M, which is completely determined by its action on complete lifts of vector fields. Later, we obtain the covarient and Lie derivatives applied to the modified Riemannian extension with respect to the complete and vertical lifts of vector and kovector fields, respectively.

Weyl Law on Asymptotically Euclidean Manifolds

We study the asymptotic behaviour of the eigenvalue counting function for self-adjoint elliptic linear operators defined through classical weighted symbols of order (1, 1), on an asymptotically Euclidean manifold. We first prove a two-term Weyl formula, improving previously known remainder estimates. Subsequently, we show that under a geometric assumption on the Hamiltonian flow at infinity, there is a refined Weyl asymptotics with three terms. The proof of the theorem uses a careful analysis of the flow behaviour in the corner component of the boundary of the double compactification of the cotangent bundle. Finally, we illustrate the results by analysing the operator Q=(1+|x|^2)(1-varDelta ) on mathbb {R}^d.

Semisimplicity of the category of admissible D-modules

Using a representation theoretic parameterization for the orbits in the enhanced cyclic nilpotent cone, derived by the authors in a previous article, we compute the fundamental group of these orbits. This computation has several applications to the representation theory of the category of admissible $D$-modules on the space of representations of the framed cyclic quiver. First, and foremost, we compute precisely when this category is semi-simple. We also show that the category of admissible $D$-modules has enough projectives. Finally, the support of an admissible $D$-module is contained in a certain Lagrangian in the cotangent bundle of the space of representations. Thus, taking characteristic cycles defines a map from the $K$-group of the category of admissible $D$-modules to the $\mathbb{Z}$-span of the irreducible components of this Lagrangian. We show that this map is always injective, and a bijection if and only if the monodromicity parameter is integral.

The geometry of graded cotangent bundles

Given a vector bundle A→M we study the geometry of the graded manifolds T∗[k]A[1], including their canonical symplectic structures, compatible Q-structures and Lagrangian Q-submanifolds. We relate these graded objects to classical structures, such as higher Courant algebroids on A⊕⋀k−1A∗ and higher Dirac structures therein, semi-direct products of Lie algebroid structures on A with their coadjoint representations up to homotopy, and branes on certain AKSZ σ-models.

Estimates of the Bergman kernel on a hyperbolic Riemann surface of finite volume-II

Dans cet article, nous dérivons des estimations non-diagonales du noyau de Bergman associé aux puissances tensorielles du faisceau cotangent défini sur une surface de Riemann hyperbolique de volume fini, lorsque la distance entre les points est inférieure au rayon d’injectivité. Nous utilisons ensuite ces estimations pour dériver des estimations du noyau de Bergman le long de la diagonale.

On manifolds with infinitely many fillable contact structures

We introduce the notion of asymptotically finitely generated contact structures, which states essentially that the Symplectic Homology in a certain degree of any filling of such contact manifolds is uniformly generated by only finitely many Reeb orbits. This property is used to generalize a famous result by Ustilovsky: We show that in a large class of manifolds (including all unit cotangent bundles and all Weinstein fillable contact manifolds with torsion first Chern class) each carries infinitely many exactly fillable contact structures. These are all different from the ones constructed recently by Lazarev. Along the way, the construction of Symplectic Homology is made more general. Moreover, we give a detailed exposition of Cieliebak’s Invariance Theorem for subcritical handle attaching, where we provide explicit Hamiltonians for the squeezing on the handle.

Lifting Dual Connections with the Riemann Extension

Let (M,g) be a Riemannian manifold equipped with a pair of dual connections (∇,∇*). Such a structure is known as a statistical manifold since it was defined in the context of information geometry. This paper aims at defining the complete lift of such a structure to the cotangent bundle T*M using the Riemannian extension of the Levi-Civita connection of M. In the first section, common tensors are associated with pairs of dual connections, emphasizing the cyclic symmetry property of the so-called skewness tensor. In a second section, the complete lift of this tensor is obtained, allowing the definition of dual connections on TT*M with respect to the Riemannian extension. This work was motivated by the general problem of finding the projective limit of a sequence of a finite-dimensional statistical manifold.

$$({{\,\mathrm{\mathrm {SL}}\,}}(N),q)$$-Opers, the q-Langlands Correspondence, and Quantum/Classical Duality

A special case of the geometric Langlands correspondence is given by the relationship between solutions of the Bethe ansatz equations for the Gaudin model and opers - connections on the projective line with extra structure. In this paper, we describe a deformation of this correspondence for $SL(N)$. We introduce a difference equation version of opers called $q$-opers and prove a $q$-Langlands correspondence between nondegenerate solutions of the Bethe ansatz equations for the XXZ model and nondegenerate twisted $q$-opers with regular singularities on the projective line. We show that the quantum/classical duality between the XXZ spin chain and the trigonometric Ruijsenaars-Schneider model may be viewed as a special case of the $q$-Langlands correspondence. We also describe an application of $q$-opers to the equivariant quantum $K$-theory of the cotangent bundles to partial flag varieties.

Continuous and discrete Neumann systems on Stiefel varieties as matrix generalizations of the Jacobi–Mumford systems

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Constraints on the deformation scale of a geometry in the cotangent bundle

There are several studies proposing phenomenological consequences of a deformation of special and general relativity. Here, we cast novel constraints on the deformation parameter of a metric in the cotangent bundle accounting for a curved momentum space. In an expanding universe, we study three possible observations that could restrict our model, focusing on the deformations of velocity, redshift and luminosity distance, which in the aforementioned framework, depend on the energy of the particles. We find that for an energy dependent velocity there would be no time delay for massless particles since also the observed distance to the source depends on the energy. For the redshift and luminosity distance we see that a scale of the order of some keV could be compatible with our model. This shows that the constraints on the high-energy scale parametrizing the momentum dependent deviation from a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric are at the moment weak due to the fact that the precision (rather than energies) needed in the observational constraints are extremely high. However, this is not the case when considering the synchrotron radiation. Indeed, the observation of such emission from the Crab Nebula, for deformations leading to subluminal propagation at high energies, leads to a constraint for the high-energy scale of the order of 1 PeV.