rank-3 generalized Clifford manifold and its twistor space

Abstract

We introduce the notion of a rank-3 generalized Clifford manifold, defined by a triple of generalized complex structures satisfying Clifford-type relations. We show that every such structure canonically induces a generalized hypercomplex structure. We further describe a natural Spin(3)-action by Clifford rotations, which produces an $S^2 \times S^2$-family of generalized complex structures. The corresponding twistor space is then constructed, and we prove that the induced almost generalized complex structure is integrable. In contrast to the standard pure-spinor approach, the integrability of the twistor-space structure is established entirely in terms of the generalized Nijenhuis tensor. We further prove that this Clifford-to-twistor construction is compatible with T-duality, in the sense that T-duality preserves the rank-3 Clifford triple, the induced structures, and the associated Spin(3)-rotated family.