Einstein nilpotent Lie groups

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2018.05.010MaRDI QIDQ1621581zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Diego Conti, Federico A. Rossi

Publication date 9 November 2018

Published in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.04454

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein pseudo-Riemannian metricsmoment mapnilpotent Lie groupsRicci tensorRicci-flat metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nilpotent and solvable Lie groups (22E25) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20)

Abstract: We study the Ricci tensor of left-invariant pseudoriemannian metrics on Lie groups. For an appropriate class of Lie groups that contains nilpotent Lie groups, we introduce a variety with a natural $mathrmGL(n,mathbbR)$ action, whose orbits parametrize Lie groups with a left-invariant metric; we show that the Ricci operator can be identified with the moment map relative to a natural symplectic structure. From this description we deduce that the Ricci operator is the derivative of the scalar curvature $s$ under gauge transformations of the metric, and show that Lie algebra derivations with nonzero trace obstruct the existence of Einstein metrics with $seq0$. Using the notion of nice Lie algebra, we give the first example of a left-invariant Einstein metric with $seq0$ on a nilpotent Lie group. We show that nilpotent Lie groups of dimension $leq6$ do not admit such a metric, and a similar result holds in dimension $7$ with the extra assumption that the Lie algebra is nice.

Review text

The Ricci tensors of left-invariant pseudo-Riemannian metrics and Einstein metrics on nilpotent Lie groups are investigated. More generally, the class of unimodular Lie groups with Killing form equals to zero (this condition is intermediate between nilpotent and solvable) is considered. Necessary conditions on the Lie algebra of a nilpotent Lie group for the existence of an Einstein metric of nonzero scalar curvature are given. A connection between the Ricci operator and the momentum map is established. It is proved that for a nilpotent Lie algebra of dimension up to six, Einstein metrics are Ricci-flat. This is also proved for some class of 7-dimension nilpotent Lie groups (with ``nice Lie algebras). The proofs of these results use corresponding classifications of nilpotent Lie algebras. It is also proved that for nilpotent Lie groups of class 2, all Einstein metrics are Ricci-flat. The first example for an indefinite signature of an Einstein metric of nonzero scalar curvature on a 8-dimensional nilpotent Lie group is constructed.

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