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Static SKT metrics on Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2011-04-11 v2

Abstract

An SKT metric is a Hermitian metric on a complex manifold whose fundamental 2-form ω\omega satisfies \de\debarω=0\de\debar\omega=0. Streets and Tian introduced in \cite{sttiPlur} a Ricci-type flow that preserves the SKT condition. This flow uses the Ricci form associated to the Bismut connection, the unique Hermitian connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion, instead of the Levi-Civita connection. A SKT metric is static if the (1,1)-part of the Ricci form of the Bismut connection satisfies \riccib=λω\riccib=\lambda\omega for some real constant λ\lambda. We study invariant static metrics on simply connected Lie groups, providing in particular a classification in dimension 4 and constructing new examples, both compact and non-compact, of static metrics in any dimension.

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@article{arxiv.1009.0620,
  title  = {Static SKT metrics on Lie groups},
  author = {Nicola Enrietti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.0620},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

12 pages. Added Theorem 1.3 and section 4

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