On the Obata Theorem in a weighted Sasakian manifold

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize the CR Obata theorem to a compact strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold with a weighted volume measure. More precisely, we first derive the weighted CR Reilly's formula associated with the Witten sub-Laplacian and obtain the corresponding first eigenvalue estimate. With its applications, we obtain the CR Obata theorem in a compact weighted Sasakian manifold with or without boundary.