Generalized Ricci flow on aligned homogeneous spaces

Abstract

The fixed points of the generalized Ricci flow are the Bismut Ricci flat metrics, i.e., a generalized metric $(g,H)$ on a manifold $M$, where $g$ is a Riemannian metric and $H$ a closed $3$-form, such that $H$ is $g$-harmonic and $\operatorname{Rc}(g)=\tfrac{1}{4} H_g^2$. Given two standard Einstein homogeneous spaces $G_i/K$, where each $G_i$ is a compact simple Lie group and $K$ is a closed subgroup of them holding some extra assumption, we consider $M = G_1 \times G_2 / \Delta K$. Recently, Lauret and Will proved the existence of a Bismut Ricci flat metric on any of these spaces. We proved that this metric is always asymptotically stable for the generalized Ricci flow on $M$ among a subset of $G$-invariant metrics and, if $G_1 = G_2$, then it is globally stable.