Transverse J-holomorphic curves in nearly Kähler $$\mathbb {CP}^3$$
AbstractJ-holomorphic curves in nearly Kähler $$\mathbb {CP}^3$$ CP 3 are related to minimal surfaces in $$S^4$$ S 4 as well as associative submanifolds in $$\Lambda ^2_-(S^4)$$ Λ - 2 ( S 4 ) . We introduce the class of transverse J-holomorphic curves and establish a Bonnet-type theorem for them. We classify flat tori in $$S^4$$ S 4 and construct moment-type maps from $$\mathbb {CP}^3$$ CP 3 to relate them to the theory of $$\mathrm {U}(1)$$ U ( 1 ) -invariant minimal surfaces on $$S^4$$ S 4 .