On the energy of a unit vector field (Q5921667)

Let \(M\) be an orientable real hypersurface in a Kähler manifold \(\overline{M}\). Let \(N\) be a unit normal vector field on \(M\). The Hopf vector field on \(M\) is defined by \(\xi = JN\), where \(J\) is the complex structure of \(\overline{M}\). The author derives expressions for the rough Laplacian \(\overline{\Delta} \xi\) in terms of the shape operator and torsion. Using these expressions he derives necessary and sufficient conditions for the Hopf vector field to be a harmonic vector field.