Sasaki-Einstein metrics and K-stability (Q2001904)

A compact complex manifold such that \(c_1(M)\leq 0\) admits Kähler-Einstein metrics with zero or negative Ricci curvature. If \(c_1(M) > 0\), the existence of a Kähler-Einstein metric on \(M\) is related with the K-stability of \(M\). In the present paper, the notion of K-stability is extended to the setting of Kähler cones. Criteria for the existence of a Ricci flat Kähler cone metric, or a Sasaki-Einstein metric, are obtained. In particular, it is shown that the sphere \({\mathbb{S}}^5\) admits infinitely many families of Sasaki-Einstein metrics.