On the Interpolating Sesqui-Harmonicity of Vector Fields

Abstract

This article deals with the interpolating sesqui-harmonicity of a vector field $X$ viewed as a map from a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ to its tangent bundle $TM$ endowed with the Sasaki metric $g_S$. We show characterization theorem for $X$ to be interpolating sesqui-harmonic map. We give also the critical point condition which characterizes interpolating sesqui-harmonic vector fields. When $(M,g)$ is compact and oriented and under some conditions, we prove that $X$ is an interpolating sesqui-harmonic vector field (resp. interpolating sesqui-harmonic map) if and only if $X$ is parallel. Moreover, we extend this result for a left-invariant vector field on a Lie group $G$ having a discrete subgroup $\Gamma$ such that the quotient $\Gamma \backslash G$ is compact.

15 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1407.1127 by other authors