The Hopf-Tsuji-Sullivan Dichotomy on Visibility Manifolds Without Conjugate Points

Abstract

In this article, we establish the Hopf-Tsuji-Sullivan dichotomy for geodesic flows on certain manifolds with no conjugate points: either the geodesic flow is conservative and ergodic, or it is completely dissipative and non-ergodic. We also show several equivalent conditions to the conservativity, such the Poincaré series diverges at the critical exponent, the conical limit set has full Patterson-Sullivan measure, etc.

48 pages, 9 figures