\((1,1)\)-tensor sphere bundle of Cheeger-Gromoll type (Q1690550)

In the present paper, the authors consider a Cheeger-Gromoll type metric (which is a an extension of Sasaki metric) on the \((1,1)\)-tensor bundle of a Riemannian manifold \(M\), \(T^1_1(M)\). Using this metric, they construct a metrical framed \(f(3,-1)\)-structure on \(T^1_1(M)\). Then, by restricting this structure to the \((1, 1)\)-tensor sphere bundle of constant radius \(r\) , \(T^1_{1r}(M)\), they obtain a metrical almost paracontact structure on \(T^1_{1r}(M)\). Finally, the authors show that the \((1, 1)\)-tensor sphere bundles endowed with the induced metric are never space forms.