Conformal Killing forms in Kähler geometry (Q2088558)

Let \((M, \omega)\) be a connected Kähler manifold of complex dimension \(m \ge 3\). This paper studies the following overdetermined system of first-order equations on a pair of differential forms \((\varphi , \tau )\): \[ \nabla_X \varphi = X^{1,0} \wedge \tau + \frac{i}{2} \omega \wedge (X \lrcorner \tau ), \] for any vector field \(X\) on \(M\), where \(\varphi\) is a primitive \((1,m-1)\)-form and \(\tau\) is a \((0,m-1)\)-form. In fact, for a solution \((\varphi , \tau )\) of the above equation, \(\tau\) is determined by \(\varphi\) as \(\tau = - \frac{2}{m+1} \partial^* \varphi\). The solution \(\varphi\) is a primitive conformal Killing \((1,m-1)\)-form. The authors first prove a general result which gives a local structure of solutions \((\varphi,\tau )\). Namely, assuming that \(\bar{\partial} \tau\) is not identically zero, they prove that \(\varphi\) is parallel, or else either \(\omega\) is Ricci-flat and equipped with a cone vector field or it is locally of Calabi type with local Kähler-Einstein base. They use this result to prove that primitive conformal Killing \((1,m-1)\)-forms on a compact Kähler manifolds are parallel, and establishes a connection between conformal Killing forms with degree \(\neq 1, 2m-1\) and Hamiltonian \(2\)-forms as introduced in [\textit{V. Apostolov} et al., J. Differ. Geom. 73, No. 3, 359--412 (2006; Zbl 1101.53041)]. This result completes the classification of conformal Killing forms on compact Kähler manifolds.