Almost *-η-Ricci solitons on Kenmotsu pseudo-Riemannian manifolds

Abstract In this paper, we aim to study a special type of metric called almost * {*} -η-Ricci soliton on the special class of contact pseudo-Riemannian manifold. First, we prove that a Kenmotsu pseudo-Riemannian metric as an * {*} -η-Ricci soliton is Einstein if either it is η-Einstein or the potential vector field V is an infinitesimal contact transformation. Further, we prove that if a Kenmotsu pseudo-Riemannian manifold admits an almost * {*} -η-Ricci soliton with a Reeb vector field leaving the scalar curvature invariant, then it is an Einstein manifold. Finally, we present an example of * {*} -η-Ricci solitons which illustrate our results.