The energy of a Kähler class on admissible manifolds (Q652253)

On a compact complex manifold of Kähler-type, the energy \(E(\Omega)\) of a Kähler class \(\Omega\) is given by the squared \(L^2\)-norm of the projection onto the space of holomorphic potentials of the scalar curvature of any Kähler metric representing the given class. Any one such metric whose scalar curvature has squared \(L^2\)-norm equal to \(E(\Omega)\) must be an extremal representative of \(\Omega\). A strongly extremal metric is an extremal metric representing a critical point of \(E(\Omega)\) when restricted to the set of Kähler classes of fixed positive top cup product. In this article, the authors study the existence of strongly extremal metrics and critical points of \(E(\Omega)\) on certain admissible manifolds, producing nontrivial examples of them that carry this type of metrics, and where the class that they represent often differs from the first Chern class, and some others where these special metrics and classes do not exist. They also provide a detailed analysis of the gradient flow of \(E(\Omega)\) on admissible ruled surfaces.