Contact fiber bundles

Eugene Lerman

doi:10.1016/S0393-0440(03)00060-3

Contact fiber bundles

Eugene Lerman

Mathematics

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We define contact fiber bundles and investigate conditions for the existence of contact structures on the total space of such a bundle. The results are analogous to minimal coupling in symplectic geometry. The two applications are construction of K-contact manifolds generalizing Yamazaki's fiber join construction and a cross-section theorem for contact moment maps.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	52-66
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Geometry and Physics
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0393-0440(03)00060-3
State	Published - Jan 2004

Keywords

Contact
Fiber bundle
K-contact
Minimal coupling

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Mathematical Physics
General Physics and Astronomy
Geometry and Topology

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