Four-dimensional static and related critical spaces with harmonic curvature

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Abstract: In this article we study any 4-dimensional Riemannian manifold (M,g) with harmonic curvature which admits a smooth nonzero solution f to the following equation �egin{eqnarray} label{0002bx} abla df = f(Rc -frac{R}{n-1} g) + x Rc+ y(R) g. end{eqnarray} where Rc is the Ricci tensor of g, x is a constant and y(R) a function of the scalar curvature R. We show that a neighborhood of any point in some open dense subset of M is locally isometric to one of the following five types; { m (i)} mathbbS2(fracR6)imesmathbbS2(fracR3) with R>0, { m (ii)} mathbbH2(fracR6)imesmathbbH2(fracR3) with R<0, where mathbbS2(k) and mathbbH2(k) are the two-dimensional Riemannian manifold with constant sectional curvature k>0 and k<0, respectively, { m (iii)} the static spaces in Example 3 below, { m (iv)} conformally flat static spaces described in Kobayashi's cite{Ko}, and { m (v)} a Ricci flat metric. We then get a number of Corollaries, including the classification of the following four dimensional spaces with harmonic curvature; static spaces, Miao-Tam critical metrics and V-static spaces. The proof is based on the argument from a preceding study of gradient Ricci solitons cite{Ki}. Some Codazzi-tensor properties of Ricci tensor, which come from the harmonicity of curvature, are effectively used.









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