English

Homogeneous and flow-invariant geometry on the unit tangent bundle of hyperbolic space

Differential Geometry 2026-07-18 v1

Abstract

We construct the Sasaki metric on the unit tangent bundle UgMU_g M of a Riemannian manifold (M,g)(M , g) and describe the unit tangent bundle UHnU\mathbb{H}^n of real hyperbolic space as a homogeneous space, both under SO0(1,n)SO_0 (1, n) and under the larger group SO0(1,n)×SO0(1,1)SO_0 (1, n) \times SO_0 (1, 1), yielding explicit of GG-invariant metrics. Using Hopf coordinates and Busemann functions, we then construct a Riemannian metric gHopfg_{Hopf} on UHnU\mathbb{H}^n that is invariant under the geodesic flow, and we identify the horospherical cylinders as totally geodesic leaves of a natural foliation associated to a Busemann function, with respect to an explicit metric connection with torsion.

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@article{arxiv.2607.16818,
  title  = {Homogeneous and flow-invariant geometry on the unit tangent bundle of hyperbolic space},
  author = {Daniel Koama and Léonard Todjihoundé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16818},
  year   = {2026}
}