Geometric and analytical results for $\rho$-Einstein solitons

Abstract

In this article, we study geometric and analytical features of complete noncompact $\rho$-Einstein solitons, which are self-similar solutions of the Ricci-Bourguignon flow. We study the spectrum of the drifted Laplacian operator for complete gradient shrinking $\rho$-Einstein solitons. Moreover, similar to classical results due to Calabi--Yau and Bishop for complete Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature, we prove new volume growth estimates for geodesic balls of complete noncompact $\rho$-Einstein solitons. In particular, the rigidity case is discussed. In addition, we establish weighted volume growth estimates for geodesic balls of such manifolds.

To appear in Mathematische Nachrichten