On twistor almost complex structures

Abstract

In this paper we look at the question of integrability, or not, of the two natural almost complex structures $J^{\pm}_\nabla$ defined on the twistor space $J(M,g)$ of an even-dimensional manifold $M$ with additional structures $g$ and $\nabla$ a $g$-connection. We also look at the question of the compatibility of $J^{\pm}_\nabla$ with a natural closed $2$-form $\omega^{J(M,g,\nabla)}$ defined on $J(M,g)$. For $(M,g)$ we consider either a pseudo-Riemannian manifold, orientable or not, with the Levi Civita connection or a symplectic manifold with a given symplectic connection $\nabla$. In all cases $J(M,g)$ is a bundle of complex structures on the tangent spaces of $M$ compatible with $g$ and we denote by $\pi \colon J(M,g) \longrightarrow M$ the bundle projection. In the case $M$ is oriented we require the orientation of the complex structures to be the given one. In the symplectic case the complex structures are positive.