An application of the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem and its extensions in Sasaki geometry (Q1757336)

Let \((N,D)\) be a compact contact manifold of Sasaki type of dimension \(2n+1\), with a cooriented rank-\(2n\) contact distribution \(D\). If \(T\subset \boldsymbol{CR}\) is the maximal torus of automorphisms, the (reduced) Sasaki cone (or Reeb cone) denoted by \(\mathfrak{t}^+\), is an open polyhedral cone in \(\mathfrak{t}=\operatorname{Lie}(T)\) and contains all the \(T\)-invariant Reeb vector fields on \((N,D,J)\) where \(\boldsymbol{CR}\)-structure \(J\in\operatorname{End}(D)\) (i.e. \(J^2=-\operatorname{id}_D +\) integrability condition). Using the Duistermaat-Heckman localization formula and an extension of it the authors give rational and explicit expressions of the volume, the total transversal scalar curvature and the Einstein-Hilbert functionals on the Sasaki cone \(\mathfrak{t}^+\). Furthermore, assuming \(\xi\in \mathfrak{t}^+\) tends to the boundary of \(\mathfrak{t}^+\), the authors prove the total transversal scalar curvature and the Einstein-Hilbert functional \(H(\xi)\) tend to \(+\infty\). Some properties of \(H(\xi)\) are also studied. Let us mention especially that \(H(\xi)\) attains its minimal value along a ray in the interior of the cone \(\mathfrak{t}^+\), and each Sasaki cone possesses at least one Reeb vector field with vanishing transverse Futaki invariant. The authors also discuss the effect of positivity (or negativity) of the total transversal scalar curvature onto the transverse geometry.