On warped product gradient $\eta$-Ricci solitons

Abstract

If the potential vector field of an $\eta$-Ricci soliton is of gradient type, using Bochner formula, we derive from the soliton equation a Laplacian equation satisfied by the potential function $f$. In a particular case of irrotational potential vector field we prove that the soliton is completely determined by $f$. We give a way to construct a gradient $\eta$-Ricci soliton on a warped product manifold and show that if the base manifold is oriented, compact and of constant scalar curvature, the soliton on the product manifold gives a lower bound for its scalar curvature.