On the structure of Besse convex contact spheres

Abstract

We consider convex contact spheres Y Y all of whose Reeb orbits are closed. Any such Y Y admits a stratification by the periods of closed Reeb orbits. We show that Y Y “resembles” a contact ellipsoid: any stratum of Y Y is an integral homology sphere, and the sequence of Ekeland-Hofer spectral invariants of Y Y coincides with the full sequence of action values, each one repeated according to its multiplicity.