A Projective-to-Conformal Fefferman-Type Construction

We study a Fefferman-type construction based on the inclusion of Lie groups SL(n+1) into Spin(n+1,n+1). The construction associates a split-signature (n,n)-conformal spin structure to a projective structure of dimension n. We prove the existence of a canonical pure twistor spinor and a light-like co...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2017
Main Authors: Hammerl, M., Sagerschnig, K., Šilhan, J., Taghavi-Chabert, A., Zádník, V.
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Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2017
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149272
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A Projective-to-Conformal Fefferman-Type Construction / M. Hammerl, K. Sagerschnig, J. Šilhan, A. Taghavi-Chabert, V. Zádník// Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2017. — Т. 13. — Бібліогр.: 30 назв. — англ.
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2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 53A20; 53A30; 53B30; 53C07
DOI:10.3842/SIGMA.2017.081
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149272
We study a Fefferman-type construction based on the inclusion of Lie groups SL(n+1) into Spin(n+1,n+1). The construction associates a split-signature (n,n)-conformal spin structure to a projective structure of dimension n. We prove the existence of a canonical pure twistor spinor and a light-like conformal Killing field on the constructed conformal space. We obtain a complete characterisation of the constructed conformal spaces in terms of these solutions to overdetermined equations and an integrability condition on the Weyl curvature. The Fefferman-type construction presented here can be understood as an alternative approach to study a conformal version of classical Patterson-Walker metrics as discussed in recent works by Dunajski-Tod and by the authors. The present work therefore gives a complete exposition of conformal Patterson-Walker metrics from the viewpoint of parabolic geometry.
The authors express special thanks to Maciej Dunajski for motivating the study of this construction and for a number of enlightening discussions on this and adjacent topics. KS would also like to thank Pawe l Nurowski for drawing her interest to the subject and for many useful conversations. MH gratefully acknowledges support by project P23244-N13 of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and by ‘Forschungsnetzwerk Ost’ of the University of Greifswald. KS gratefully acknowledges support from grant J3071-N13 of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). JS was supported ˇ by the Czech science foundation (GACR) under grant P201/12/G028. AT-C was funded by ˇ GACR post-doctoral grant GP14-27885P. V ˇ Z was supported by GA ˇ CR grant GA201/08/0397. ˇ Finally, the authors would like to thank the anonymous referees for their helpful comments and recommendations.
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
A Projective-to-Conformal Fefferman-Type Construction
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title A Projective-to-Conformal Fefferman-Type Construction
spellingShingle A Projective-to-Conformal Fefferman-Type Construction
Hammerl, M.
Sagerschnig, K.
Šilhan, J.
Taghavi-Chabert, A.
Zádník, V.
title_short A Projective-to-Conformal Fefferman-Type Construction
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description We study a Fefferman-type construction based on the inclusion of Lie groups SL(n+1) into Spin(n+1,n+1). The construction associates a split-signature (n,n)-conformal spin structure to a projective structure of dimension n. We prove the existence of a canonical pure twistor spinor and a light-like conformal Killing field on the constructed conformal space. We obtain a complete characterisation of the constructed conformal spaces in terms of these solutions to overdetermined equations and an integrability condition on the Weyl curvature. The Fefferman-type construction presented here can be understood as an alternative approach to study a conformal version of classical Patterson-Walker metrics as discussed in recent works by Dunajski-Tod and by the authors. The present work therefore gives a complete exposition of conformal Patterson-Walker metrics from the viewpoint of parabolic geometry.
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