The critical point equation and contact geometry

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the CPE conjecture in the frame-work of $K$-contact and $(\kappa, \mu)$-contact manifolds. First, we prove that if a complete $K$-contact metric satisfies the CPE is Einstein and is isometric to a unit sphere $S^{2n+1}$. Next, we prove that if a non-Sasakian $ (\kappa, \mu) $-contact metric satisfies the CPE, then $ M^{3} $ is flat and for $ n > 1 $, $ M^{2n+1} $ is locally isometric to $ E^{n+1}\times S^{n}(4)$.