Twistor spaces with Hermitian Ricci tensor

U ( p + 1 ) - invariant Hermitian metrics with Hermitian tensor Ricci on the manifold

Hyperbolic Twistor Spaces

In contrast to the classical twistor spaces whose fibres are 2-spheres, we introduce twistor spaces over manifolds with almost quaternionic structures of the second kind in the sense of P. Libermann whose fibres are hyperbolic planes. We discuss two natural almost complex structures on such a twistor space and their holomorphic functions. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000). 53C28, 32L25,...

Geometry of Twistor Spaces

To motivate the construction, let us begin by looking at the much simpler situation that arises in real dimension 2. First of all, we all know that a complex curve (or Riemann surface) is the same thing as an oriented 2manifoldM equipped with a conformal class [g] of Riemannian (i.e. positivedefinite) metrics. If g is any Riemannian metric on M , and if u : M → R is any smooth positive function...

Symmetries of the Ricci Tensor of Static Space-times with Maximal Symmetric Transverse Spaces

Static space times with maximal symmetric transverse spaces are classified according to their Ricci collineations. These are investigated for non-degenerate Ricci tensor (det.(Rα) 6= 0). It turns out that the only collineations admitted by these spaces can be ten, seven, six or four. Some new metrics admitting proper Ricci collineations are also investigated. PACS numbers: 04.20.-q, 04.20.Jb

Twistor spaces for HKT manifolds

We construct the twistor space associated with an HKT manifold, that is, a hyper-Kähler manifold with torsion, a type of geometry that arises as the target space geometry in two-dimensional sigma models with (4,0) supersymmetry. We show that this twistor space has a natural complex structure and is a holomorphic fibre bundle over the complex projective line with fibre the associated HKT manifol...