Complete description of invariant Einstein metrics on the generalized flag manifold \(SO(2n)/U(p) \times U(n - p)\) (Q605055)

In [\textit{A. Arvanitoyeorgos} and \textit{I. Chrysikos}, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 37, No. 2, 185--219 (2010; Zbl 1193.53111)], the authors classified all flag manifolds \(M\) for which the isotropy representation decomposes into four pairwise inequivalent irreducible submodules and found new invariant Einstein metrics on these spaces. Even though the problem of finding all invariant Einstein metrics on \(M\) can be facilitated by the use of certain theoretical results, it still remains a difficult one, especially when the number of isotropy summands increases. In the present paper, the authors find all \(SO(2n)\)-invariant Einstein metrics on the flag manifold \(U(p)\times U(n-p)\) by using the algebraic systems of equations obtained from the Einstein equation. Also, the isometric problem for these Einstein metrics is examined.