Canonical almost complex structures on ACH Einstein manifolds

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Abstract: On asymptotically complex hyperbolic (ACH) Einstein manifolds, we consider a certain variational problem for almost complex structures compatible with the metric, for which the linearized Euler-Lagrange equation at K"ahler-Einstein structures is given by the Dolbeault Laplacian acting on (0,1)-forms with values in the holomorphic tangent bundle. A deformation result of Einstein ACH metrics associated with critical almost complex structures for this variational problem is given. It is also shown that the asymptotic expansion of a critical almost complex structure is determined by the induced (possibly non-integrable) CR structure on the boundary at infinity up to a certain order.


In this article, the author considers the problem of introducing an almost complex structure to a given arbitrary asymptotically complex hyperbolic (ACH) Einstein space that extends the CR structure on the boundary in an appropriate sense and in a canonical manner. The almost complex structures \(J\) that are compatible with a given ACH metric \(g\) are considered, and are extensions of the conformal infinity of \(g\). The author introduces a functional which is defined on the space of those \(J\) for which \((g,J)\) is an ACH almost Hermitian structure. It is obvious that \(J\) is a critical point of the functional if \((g, J)\) is Kähler, or more generally, if \((g,J)\) is semi-Kähler, as called by \textit{P. Gauduchon} [Math. Ann. 267, 495--518 (1984; Zbl 0523.53059)]. The choice of the functional makes the linearization \(P_S\) of the mapping \(J \to S\) a Laplace-type differential operator. So, if what is given in the beginning is not only a metric but an ACH and an almost Hermitian structure that is Kähler-Einstein (or an ACH Kähler-Einstein structure for short), then under some assumption, one can construct a family of deformed ACH almost Hermitian structures. This assumption is satisfied when \(g\) has negative sectional curvature, for instance. For future applications, knowing the asymptotic expansion of \((g,J)\) is also important. This is also achieved.











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