Rigid currents in birational geometry

Abstract

A rigid current on a compact complex manifold is a closed positive current whose cohomology class contains only one closed positive current. Rigid currents occur in complex dynamics, algebraic and differential geometry. The goals of the present paper are: (a) to give a systematic treatment of rigid currents, (b) to demonstrate how they appear within the Minimal Model Program, and (c) to give many new examples of rigid currents.