On higher analogues of Courant algebroids
On higher analogues of Courant algebroids
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10.1007/s11425-010-4142-0
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2010-03
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Yanhui Bi;Y. Sheng
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作者:
Yanhui Bi;Y. Sheng
In this paper, we study the algebraic properties of the higher analogues of Courant algebroid structures on the direct sum bundleTM⊕ ∧nT*Mfor anm-dimensional manifold. As an application, we revisit Nambu-Poisson structures and multisymplectic structures. We prove that the graph of an (n+1)-vector fieldπis closed under the higher-order Dorfman bracket iffπis a Nambu-Poisson structure. Consequently, there is an induced Leibniz algebroid structure on ∧nT*M. The graph of an (n+1)-formωis closed under the higher-order Dorfman bracket iffωis a premultisymplectic structure of ordern, i.e.,dω= 0. Furthermore, there is a Lie algebroid structure on the admissible bundleA⊂ ∧nT*M. In particular, for a 2-plectic structure, it induces the Lie 2-algebra structure given in (Baez, Hoffnung and Rogers, 2010).