On the classification of 4-dimensional (m,ρ)(m,ρ)-quasi-Einstein manifolds with harmonic Weyl curvature

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Abstract

In this paper we study 4-dimensional (m,ρ)(m,ρ)-quasi-Einstein manifolds with harmonic Weyl curvature when m∉{0,±1,−2,±∞}m\notin\{0,\pm1,-2,\pm\infty\} and ρ∉{14,16}ρ\notin\{\frac{1}{4},\frac{1}{6}\}. We prove that a non-trivial (m,ρ)(m,ρ)-quasi-Einstein metric gg (not necessarily complete) is locally isometric to one of the followings: (i) BR2(m+2)2×NR(m+1)2(m+2)2\mathcal{B}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)}\times \mathbb{N}^2_\frac{R(m+1)}{2(m+2)} where BR2(m+2)2\mathcal{B}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)} is a northern hemisphere in the 2-dimensional sphere SR2(m+2)2\mathbb{S}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)}, Nδ\mathbb{N}_δ is the 2-dimensional Riemannian manifold with constant curvature δδ and RR is the constant scalar curvature of gg, (ii) DR2(m+2)2×NR(m+1)2(m+2)2\mathcal{D}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)}\times\mathbb{N}^2_\frac{R(m+1)}{2(m+2)} where DR2(m+2)2\mathcal{D}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)} is one half (cut by a hyperbolic line) of the hyperbolic plane HR2(m+2)2\mathbb{H}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)}, (iii) HR2(m+2)2×NR(m+1)2(m+2)2\mathbb{H}^2_\frac{R}{2(m+2)}\times\mathbb{N}^2_\frac{R(m+1)}{2(m+2)}, (iv) a certain singular metric with ρ=0ρ=0, (vi) a locally conformally flat metric. By applying this local classification, we obtain a classification of complete (m,ρ)(m,ρ)-quasi-Einstein manifolds under the harmonic Weyl curvature condition. Our result can be viewed as a local classification of gradient Einstein-type manifolds. One corollary of our result is the classification of (λ,4+m)(λ,4+m)-Einstein manifolds which can be viewed as (m,0)(m,0)-quasi-Einstein manifolds.

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