Dirac Surfaces and Threefolds

Abstract

We describe Dirac structures on surfaces and 3-manifolds. Every Dirac structure on a surface $M$ is described either by a regular 1-foliation or by a section of a circle bundle obtained as a fiberwise compactification of the line bundle ${\wedge }^{2}TM$. Every Dirac structure on a 3-manifold $M$ is either the union of a presymplectic manifold and a foliated Poisson manifold, or the union of a Poisson manifold and a foliated presymplectic manifold.

4 pages, 2 figures