The metric completion of the Riemannian space of Kähler metrics

Abstract

Let $X$ be a compact Kähler manifold and $\a \in H^{1,1}(X,\R)$ a Kähler class. We study the metric completion of the space $\HH_\a$ of Kähler metrics in $\a$, when endowed with the Mabuchi $L^2$-metric $d$. Using recent ideas of Darvas, we show that the metric completion $(\overline{\HH}_\a,d)$ of $(\HH_\a,d)$ is a CAT(0) space which can be identified with $\E^2(\a)$, a subset of the class $\E^1(\a)$ of positive closed currents with finite energy. We further prove, in the toric setting, that $\overline{\HH}_{\a,tor}=\E_{tor}^2(\a)$.