Canonical K\"ahler metrics on classes of Lorentzian $4$-manifolds

Abstract

Conditions for the existence of K\"ahler-Einstein metrics and central K\"ahler metrics [MS] along with examples, both old and new, are given on classes of Lorentzian $4$-manifolds with two distinguished vector fields. The results utilize the general construction [AM] of K\"ahler metrics on such manifolds. The examples include both complete and incomplete metrics, and some reside on Lie groups associated to four types of Lie algebras. An appendix includes a similar construction for scalar-flat K\"ahler metrics.