Cohomogeneity one anti de Sitter space \(\mathrm{AdS}^{n+1}\) (Q726439)

The authors consider connected closed Lie subgroups \(G\) of isometries of the anti de Sitter space \(\mathrm{AdS}^{n+1}\) (\(n \geq 3\)), acting on \(\mathrm{AdS}^{n+1}\) by cohomogeneity one. The main results are the following. Case I. If \(G\) is compact, then the orbit space is homeomorphic to [0,1); the unique singular orbit is diffeomorphic to \(S^1\); \(G\) is a direct product \(\mathrm{SO}(2) \times G_2\), where \(G_2\) belongs to the Borel list, and each regular orbit is diffeomorphic to \(S^1 \times S^{n-1}\), or \(G= \mathrm{SO}(2) G_2\), where \(G_2\) is \(U(\frac{n}{2})\) or \(\mathrm{SU}(\frac{n}{2})\), \(\mathrm{SO}(2) \bigcap G_2\) is finite and each regular orbit is covered by \(\mathbb{R} \times S^{n-1}\). Case II. Suppose \(G\) acts properly. Then: (i) if there exists a simply connected principal orbit, then all orbits are principal and the orbit space is homeomorphic to \(S^1\); (ii) if \(n\) is odd, \(G\) is reductive and if there exists a totally umbilic principal orbit, then all orbits are principal and congruent to \(\mathrm{AdS}^n\) and the orbit space is homeomorphic to \(\mathbb{R}\). Two examples are given, illustrating the results of the second case.