Pluri-potential theory, submersions and calibrations

Abstract

We present a systematic collection of results concerning interactions between convex, subharmonic and pluri-subharmonic functions on pairs of manifolds related by a Riemannian submersion. Our results are modelled on those known in the classical complex-analytic context and represent another step in the recent Harvey-Lawson pluri-potential theory for calibrated manifolds. In particular we study the case of K\"ahler and G2 manifolds, emphasizing both parallels and differences. We show that previous results concerning Lagrangian fibrations can be viewed as an application of this framework.