A note on Einstein metrics and Riemannian twistor spaces

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Main Author: Dameno, Davide
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contents Inspired by the problem of classifying Einstein manifolds with positive scalar curvature, we prove that an Einstein four-manifold whose associated twistor space has scalar curvature constant on the fibers of the twistor bundle is half conformally flat: in particular, the only compact Einstein four-manifolds with positive scalar curvature satisfying this twistorial condition are $\mathbb{S}^4$ and $\mathbb{CP}^2$. We also generalize a well-known result due to Friedrich and Grunewald, providing a classification of complete four-manifolds whose twistor space is Ricci parallel.
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spellingShingle A note on Einstein metrics and Riemannian twistor spaces
Dameno, Davide
Differential Geometry
Inspired by the problem of classifying Einstein manifolds with positive scalar curvature, we prove that an Einstein four-manifold whose associated twistor space has scalar curvature constant on the fibers of the twistor bundle is half conformally flat: in particular, the only compact Einstein four-manifolds with positive scalar curvature satisfying this twistorial condition are $\mathbb{S}^4$ and $\mathbb{CP}^2$. We also generalize a well-known result due to Friedrich and Grunewald, providing a classification of complete four-manifolds whose twistor space is Ricci parallel.
title A note on Einstein metrics and Riemannian twistor spaces
topic Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16113