On Curvature and Torsion in Courant Algebroids

Paolo Aschieri, Francesco Bonechi, Andreas Deser

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Abstract

We study the graded geometric point of view of curvature and torsion of Q-manifolds (differential graded manifolds). In particular, we get a natural graded geometric definition of Courant algebroid curvature and torsion, which correctly restrict to Dirac structures. Depending on an auxiliary affine connection K, we introduce the K-curvature and K-torsion of a Courant algebroid connection. These are conventional tensors on the body. Finally, we compute their Ricci and scalar curvature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2475-2496
Number of pages22
JournalAnnales Henri Poincare
Volume22
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2021

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