Non-trivial m-quasi-Einstein metrics on simple Lie groups

DOI10.1007/S10231-015-0506-YMaRDI QIDQ740035zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Zhiqi Chen, Ke Liang, Fuhai Zhu

Publication date 11 August 2016

Published in Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.8035

zbMATH Keywords

compact Lie groupLorentzian metricquasi-Einstein metricreductive metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras (17B20) Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25)

Abstract: We call a metric $m$-quasi-Einstein if $Ri{c}_X^m$, which replaces a gradient of a smooth function $f$ by a vector field $X$ in $m$-Bakry-Emery Ricci tensor, is a constant multiple of the metric tensor. It is a generalization of Einstein metrics which contains Ricci solitons. In this paper, we focus on left-invariant metrics on simple Lie groups. First, we prove that $X$ is a left-invariant Killing vector field if the metric on a compact simple Lie group is $m$-quasi-Einstein. Then we show that every compact simple Lie group admits non-trivial $m$-quasi-Einstein metrics except $SU(3)$, $E_8$ and $G_2$, and most of them admit infinitely many metrics. Naturally, the study on $m$-quasi-Einstein metrics can be extended to pseudo-Riemannian case. And we prove that every compact simple Lie group admits non-trivial $m$-quasi-Einstein Lorentzian metrics and most of them admit infinitely many metrics. Finally, we prove that some non-compact simple Lie groups admit infinitely many non-trivial $m$-quasi-Einstein Lorentzian metrics.

Review text

A notion of a \(m\)-quasi-Einstein metric on Lie groups is investigated. The smooth metric space \((M,g)\) is called \(m\)-quasi-Einstein, if there exist a vector field \(X\) and constants \(m\), \(\lambda\) such that \(\mathrm{Ric}^m_X = \lambda g\). Here, \(\mathrm{Ric}_X^m\) is a tensor which is a natural extension of the Ricci tensor. An \(m\)-quasi-Einstein metric is called trivial if \(X = 0\). It is proved in this article that every compact simple Lie groups except \(\mathrm{SU}(3), E_8\) and \(G_2\) admits non-trivial \(m\)-quasi-Einstein metrics which are naturally reductive. It is proved also that every compact simple Lie group except \(\mathrm{SU}(3)\), \(E_8\), \(F_4\), and \(G_2\) admit infinitely many non-trivial \(m\)-quasi-Einstein metrics. Then \(m\)-quasi-Einstein Lorentzian metrics are considered and it is proved that every compact simple Lie group admits a non-trivial \(m\)-quasi-Einstein Lorentzian metric. Every compact simple Lie group except \(E_8\), \(F_4\), and \(G_2\) admits infinitely many non-trivial \(m\)-quasi-Einstein Lorentzian metrics. Also, \(m\)-quasi-Einstein pseudo-Riemannian metrics on some non-compact simple Lie groups are constructed using \(m\)-quasi-Einstein pseudo-Riemannian metrics on a compact simple Lie group.

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