The deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation on almost Hermitian manifolds (Q2070419)

On a Kähler manifold \((M,\chi)\) of complex \(\dim_{\mathbb C}M=n\), the deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation (dHYM equation) can be written as \[ \Im (\chi+\sqrt{-1}w_u)^n=\tan(\hat\theta)\Re(\chi+\sqrt{-1}w_u) \] where \(\hat\theta\) is a constant, \(w\) is a smooth real \((1,1)\)-form, and \(w_u=w+\sqrt{-1}\partial\bar\partial u\). Equivalently, the dHYM equation is equivalent to the following equation \[ F(w_u):=\sum_{i=1}^n \arctan(\lambda_i)=\hat\theta, \] where \(\lambda_i\) is the eigenvalue of \(w_u\) with respect to \(\chi\). Geometrically, a solution of dHYM equation gives rise to a Hermitian metric on the line bundle over \(M\) such that the argument of the Chern curvature is constant. The deformed Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation plays an important role in mirror symmetry and string theory. In this paper, the authors study the dHYM equation on an almost Hermitian manifold \((M, \chi,J)\) of the following form: \[ F(w_u)=\sum_{i=1}^n \arctan(\lambda_i)=h, \] for a given function \(h:M\rightarrow \mathbb R\). And they restrict to the hypercritical phase, that is, \(h(x)\in (\frac{n-1}{2}\pi,\frac{n}{2}\pi)\). The main result is to show a priori \(C^{k,\beta}\) estimates of solutions under the existence of a \(\mathcal C\)-solution. As an application of the above a priori estimates, assuming the existence of a supersolution and a \(\mathcal C\)-solution, the authors show that there is a solution to the dHYM equation for \(h(x)\) being a constant in \((\frac{n-1}{2}\pi,\frac{n}{2}\pi)\) by using the continuity method.