Non-existence of certain Einstein metrics on some symplectic manifolds (Q280773)

Given a symplectic manifold \((M, \omega)\) with an almost complex structure \(J\), a Riemannian metric \(g\) is called \(\omega\)-compatible if \(J\circ g = g\) and \(\omega (X, Y)=g(JX, Y)\) for all vector fields \(X, Y\). A long standing conjecture by \textit{S. I. Goldberg} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 21, 96--100 (1969; Zbl 0174.25002)] states that on a compact symplectic manifold, an Einstein \(\omega\)-compatible metric is Kähler. The conjecture has been proved by \textit{K. Sekigawa} [J. Math. Soc. Japan 39, 677--684 (1987; Zbl 0637.53053)], when the scalar curvature is non-negative. In the present article the authors present a necessary and sufficient condition for an Einstein metric on a symplectic manifold \((M,\omega)\) to be \(\omega\)-compatible. An immediate consequence of the solution of the Goldberg conjecture by Sekigawa is that there exists no Einstein metric with non-negative Ricci curvature satisfying the described condition on compact symplectic manifolds that admit no Kähler structure.