Calabi-Yau structures on the complexifications of rank two symmeric spaces

Naoyuki Koike

Published 2023-09-29Version 1

In this paper, we prove that there exists a $C^{\infty}$-Calabi-Yau structure on the complexification $G^{\mathbb C}/K^{\mathbb C}$ of a rank two symmetric space $G/K$ of compact type. The proof is performed by deriving a relation (which differs from the known relation somewhat) between the complex Hessian of a real-valued $C^{\infty}$-function $\psi$ on $G^{\mathbb C}/K^{\mathbb C}$ and the Hessian of the function $\rho:=\psi|_{{\rm Exp}_o(\mathfrak a)}\circ{\rm Exp}_o|_{\mathfrak a}$ on a maximal abelian subspace $\mathfrak a$ of the normal space $T_o^{\perp}(G\cdot o)(=T_o(G^d\cdot o)\subset\mathfrak g^d)$ of the orbit $G\cdot o(=G/K)$ in $G^{\mathbb C}/K^{\mathbb C}$ at the base point $o$, where ${\rm Exp}_o$ is the exponential map of $G^{\mathbb C}/K^{\mathbb C}$ at $o$ and $\mathfrak g^d$ is the Lie algebra of the dual $G^d$ of $G$. This relation is derived in a new calculation method by using the explicit descriptions of the shape operators of the orbits of the isotropy action $K\curvearrowright G^d/K$ and the Hermann type action $G\curvearrowright G^{\mathbb C}/K^{\mathbb C}$.