Einstein metrics on 5-dimensional Seifert bundles

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study Seifert bundle structures on simply connected 5--manifolds. We classify all such 5--manifolds which admit a Seifert bundle structure, and in a few cases all Seifert bundle structures are also classified. These results are then used to construct positive Ricci curvature Einstein metrics on these manifolds. The proof has 4 main steps. First, the study of the Leray spectral sequence of the Seifert bundle, based on work of Orlik--Wagreich. Second, the study of log Del Pezzo surfaces. Third, the construction of K\"ahler--Einstein metrics on Del Pezzo orbifolds using the algebraic existence criterion of Demailly--Koll\'ar. Fourth, the lifting of the K\"ahler--Einstein metric on the base of a Seifert bundle to an Einstein metric on the total space using the Kobayashi--Boyer--Galicki method.