Conformal holonomy of \(\mathbb{C}\)-spaces, Ricci-flat, and Lorentzian manifolds (Q2432697)

The main results of the present paper are the following two theorems: Theorem 1. Let \((M,[h])\) be a conformal manifold of Lorentzian signature, \(T\) its conformal tractor bundle and \(D\) the conformal tractor connection. The holonomy group of \(D\) admits a 2-dimensional totally isotropic invariant subspace if and only if \((M,h)\) is locally conformally equivalent to a Lorentzian manifold with recurrent light-like vector field and totally isotropic Ricci tensor. Theorem 2. Let \((M,c)\) be a conformal manifold of arbitrary signature. If the conformal class \(c\) contains the metric of a \(\mathbb{C}\)-space, then its conformal holonomy algebra is a Berger algebra. For Ricci-flat spaces it is shown how the conformal holonomy can be obtained by the holonomy of the ambient metric. Some results are obtained for Riemannian manifolds and plane waves. In particular, it is proved that a Riemannian manifold \((M,g)\) is conformally Ricci-flat with indecomposable ambient metric if and only if its conformal holonomy is equal to the Lorentzian holonomy \(\text{Hol}_p(M,g)\times \mathbb{R}^n\) of a Brinkmann wave, where \(\text{Hol}_p(M,g)\) is a product of \(\text{SO}(n)\), \(\text{SU}(m)\), \(\text{Spin}(7)\) or \(G_2\).