Rigidity results for Riemannian twistor spaces under vanishing curvature conditions

Abstract

In this paper, we provide new rigidity results for four-dimensional Riemannian manifolds and their twistor spaces. In particular, using the moving frame method, we prove that \(\mathbb {C}\mathbb {P}^3\) is the only twistor space whose Bochner tensor is parallel; moreover, we classify Hermitian Ricci-parallel and locally symmetric twistor spaces and we show the nonexistence of conformally flat twistor spaces. We also generalize a result due to Atiyah, Hitchin and Singer concerning the self-duality of a Riemannian four-manifold.