An obstruction to fiberwise Anosov flows over 3-dimensional Anosov flows

Abstract

We study obstructions preventing a three-dimensional Anosov flow from serving as the base of a fiberwise Anosov flow. We prove a non-existence result if the base flow admits infinitely many periodic orbits in the same free homotopy class. We get as a corollary that any R-covered Anosov flow serving as the base of a fiberwise Anosov flow is orbit equivalent to a suspension or a geodesic flow.