Toward a classification of Killing vector fields of constant length on pseudo-Riemannian normal homogeneous spaces

DOI10.4310/JDG/1488503006zbMATH Open1378.53082arXiv1503.08267OpenAlexW2165067924WikidataQ115166306 ScholiaQ115166306MaRDI QIDQ524877FDOQ524877

Authors: Joseph A. Wolf, Fabio Podestà, Ming Xu 

Publication date: 26 April 2017

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we develop the basic tools for a classification of Killing vector fields of constant length on pseudo--riemannian homogeneous spaces. This extends a recent paper of M. Xu and J. A. Wolf, which classified the pairs $(M,xi)$ where $M=G/H$ is a Riemannian normal homogeneous space, $G$ is a compact simple Lie group, and $xiinmathfrakg$ defines a nonzero Killing vector field of constant length on $M$. The method there was direct computation. Here we make use of the moment map $Momathfrak{g}^{\ast }$ and the flag manifold structure of Ad(G)$xi$ to give a shorter, more geometric proof which does not require compactness and which is valid in the pseudo--riemannian setting. In that context we break the classification problem into three parts. The first is easily settled. The second concerns the cases where $xi$ is elliptic and $G$ is simple (but not necessarily compact); that case is our main result here. The third, which remains open, is a more combinatorial problem involving elements of the first two.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.08267

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous spacessimple Lie groupsKilling vector fields of constant lengthnormal pseudo-Riemannian metricssemi-simple Lie groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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