Geometric analysis of Chow Mumford stability. (Q1426973)

Let \(X \subset \mathbb {CP}^r\) be a smooth projective complex manifold. T. Aubin defined an energy functional \(F^0_{\omega}\) on the set of all Kähler-Einstein metrics on \(X\). Here the author relates \(F^0_{\omega}\) to the Chow-Mumford stability of \(X\). He uses his result to obtain a new proof of the stability of a linearly normal embedding of degree \(d \geq 3g\) of a smooth genus \(g\) curve (better bounds on \(d\) are known). To obtain the last result he analyzes the asymptotics of some rational integrals.