Moduli of Legendrian foliations and quadratic differentials in the Heisenberg group

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to prove the following result concerning moduli of curve families in the Heisenberg group. Let $\Omega$ be a domain in the Heisenberg group foliated by a family $\Gamma$ of legendrian curves. Assume that there is a quadratic differential $q$ on $\Omega$ in the kernel of an operator defined in \cite{Tim2} and every curve in $\Gamma$ is a horizontal trajectory for $q$. Let $l_\Gamma : \Omega \rightarrow ]0,+\infty[$ be the function that associates to a point $p\in \Omega$, the $q$-length of the leaf containing $p$. Then, the modulus of $\Gamma$ is \[ M_4 (\Gamma) = \int_\Omega \frac{|q|^2}{(l_\Gamma) ^4} \mathrm{d} L^3.\]