Eight-Dimensional Hermitian Lie Groups Conformally Foliated by Minimal $\text{SU}(2)\times \text{SU}(2)$ Leaves

Abstract

We investigate the $8$-dimensional Riemannian Lie groups $G^8$, carrying a left-invariant, conformal and minimal foliation $\mathcal{F}$, with leaves diffeomorphic to the subgroup $\text{SU}(2)\times \text{SU}(2)$ of $G^8$. Such groups have been classified by E. Ghandour, S. Gudmundsson and T. Turner in their recent work. They show that these $8$-dimensional Lie groups form a real $13$-dimensional family. For each left-invariant Hermitian structure $J_{\mathcal{V}}$ on $\text{SU}(2)\times \text{SU}(2)$, we extend this to an almost Hermitian structures $J$ on $G$ adapted to the foliation $\mathcal{F}$ i.e. respecting the leaf structure on $G$ induced by $\mathcal{F}$. We then classify those $8$-dimensional Lie groups $G$ for which the almost Hermitian structures $J$ are integrable (${\mathcal{W}}_3\oplus {\mathcal{W}}_4$), semi-Kähler (${\mathcal{W}}_4$), locally conformal Kähler (${\mathcal{W}}_3$) or even Kähler ($\mathcal{K}$). It turns out that for each $J_{\mathcal{V}}$ we obtain a $9$-dimensional family of Lie groups $G$ for which $J$ is integrable. In the case of $J$ being semi-Kähler, we yield a $3$-dimensional family of such groups. We then show that in the cases of $J$ being Kähler or locally conformal Kähler there are no solutions i.e. such $8$-dimensional Lie groups do not exist.

50 pages

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