On the structure of Einstein warped product semi-Riemannian manifolds

Abstract

In this paper we consider a class of Einstein warped product semi-Riemannian manifolds $\hat{M}=M^n{\times }_f{N}^m$ with $n\ge 3$ and $m\ge 2$. For $\hat{M}$ with compact base and Ricci-flat fiber, we prove that $\hat{M}$ is simply a Riemannian product space. Then, when the base $M$ is conformal to a pseudo-Euclidean space which is invariant under the action of a $(n-1)$-dimensional translation group, we classify all such spaces. Furthermore, we get new examples of complete Einstein warped products Riemannian manifolds.