104 Anna Fino and Adriano TomassiniC<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>sider the inner product g defined byg =6∑e j ⊗ e j . (2)j=1Thus g is J-Hermitian. Denote by F the fundamental 2-form associated with theHermitian structure (J,g). By a direct computati<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> we haveJdF = −e 1 ∧ e 2 ∧ e 3 ,with e 1 ∧ e 2 ∧ e 3 a closed and n<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>-exact 3-form.Therefore g admits a str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong> structure defined by (J,g). The Bismut c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>necti<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>∇ B in this case is flat. Indeed, the torsi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> of ∇ B is the 3-formJdF = −e 1 ∧ e 2 ∧ e 3 .Hence, the torsi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> forms τ i ,i = 1,...,6 of ∇ B are given byτ 1 = e 2 ∧ e 3 , τ 2 = −e 2 ∧ e 3 , τ 3 = e 1 ∧ e 2 , τ 4 = 0, τ 5 = 0, τ 6 = 0.Denoting by ω i j the c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>necti<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>s 1-forms of ∇B , by the Cartan structure equati<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>s6∑de i + ωj i ∧ e j = τ i , ωj i + ω j ij=1= 0, i,j = 1,...,6, (3)we immediately getω 5 6 = e 4 ,the other ω i j being zero. Hence ∇B is flat and c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>sequently its hol<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>omy algebrais trivial. Moreover, the Lee form, given by e 4 is closed and then the Hermitianmetric is locally c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>formally balanced. The simply c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>nected Lie group H withLie algebra h is a semi-direct product of the form IR⋉IR 2 and by c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>sidering thelattice Γ in H generated by 1 2 and Z2 , <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>e has that b 1 (Γ\H) = 1. Therefore, theabove Hermitian structure (J,g) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> g induces a left-invariant Hermitian structure(J,g) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> the compact manifold M = Γ\H ×S 3 /K, which can be viewed as a n<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>trivialT 2 -bundle over the Hopf surface. Note that∂ ( η 1 ∧ η 2 ∧ η 3) = 1 2 (1 − i) η1 ∧ η 1 ∧ η 2 ∧ η 3 ,and thus there are no left-invariant holomorphic (3,0)-forms <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> M. Since thehol<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>omy of the Bismut c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>necti<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> is c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>tained in SU(3), then by [16, Theorem4.1] (M,J) cannot admit any n<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>-vanishing holomorphic (3,0)-form. Indeed, if(M,J) admits such a form, then (J,g) has to be c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>formally balanced, but thisis not possible since (J,g) is str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong>.
A <str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g>survey</str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g> <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong> <strong>structures</strong> 1053 Str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong> metrics, currents, blow-ups and resoluti<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>sOn a compact complex manifold the Kähler, balanced and str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong> c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>diti<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>can be characterized by using c<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>diti<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>s <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> the space of positive currents.We start to review some known facts about positive currents. Let Ω be an openset of C n and let Λ p,q (Ω) (respectively by D p,q (Ω)) be the space of (p,q)-forms(respectively (p,q)-forms with compact support) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> Ω. On the space D p,q (Ω) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ec<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>siders the C ∞ -topology and <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>e defines the space of currents of bi-dimensi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>(p,q) or of bi-degree (n − p,n − q) as the topological dual D p,q(Ω) ′ of D p,q (Ω). Acurrent of bi-dimensi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> (p,q) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> Ω can be viewed as a (n − p,n − q)-form <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> Ωwith coefficients distributi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>s.A current T ∈ D p,q(Ω) ′ is said to be of order 0 if its coefficients are measuresand is called normal if T and dT are currents of order 0.A current T of bi-dimensi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> (p,p) is real if T(ϕ) = T(ϕ), for any ϕ ∈ D p,q (Ω).Therefore, if T ∈ D p,p(Ω) ′ is real, then T can be expressed as∑T = σ n−p T IJdz I ∧ dz J ,I,Jwhere σ n−p = i(n−p)22 (n−p) , T IJare distributi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>s <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> Ω such that T JI= T IJand I, Jare multi-indices of length n − p, I = (i 1 ,...,i n−p ), dz I = dz i1 ∧ · · · ∧ dz in−p .A real current T ∈ D ′ p,p(Ω) is positive ifT(σ p ϕ 1 ∧ · · · ∧ ϕ p ∧ ϕ 1 ∧ · · · ∧ ϕ p ) ≥ 0for any choice of ϕ 1 ,...,ϕ p ∈ D 1,0 (Ω), where σ p = ip22 p . Moreover, T is strictlypositive if ϕ 1 ∧ · · · ∧ ϕ p ≠ 0 implies T(σ p ϕ 1 ∧ · · · ∧ ϕ p ∧ ϕ 1 ∧ · · · ∧ ϕ p ) > 0.If T is a positive current of bi-degree (p,p), then T is of order 0.A real current T of bi-dimensi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> (p,p) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> Ω is said to be negative if the current−T is positive and plurisubharm<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ic if i∂∂T is positive.Given a Hermitian structure (J,g) <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> a complex manifold M, then the fundamental2-form F corresp<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ds to a real strictly positive current of bi-degree(1,1). In particular, if the Hermitian structure (J,g) is str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong>, then thecorresp<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ding current is ∂∂-closed.An important type of ∂∂-closed currents is given by the (p,p)-comp<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ents ofa boundary. We recall that a current T of bi-degree (p,p) is said to be the (p,p)-comp<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ent of a boundary if there exists a real current S of bi-degree (p,p − 1)such that T = ∂S + ∂S.Harvey and Laws<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> proved that a compact complex manifold admits a Kählermetric if and <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ly if there is no n<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>-zero positive current of bi-dimensi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> (1,1)which is the (1,1)-comp<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ent of a boundary (see [26]). A first generalizati<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> ofthe previous result was obtained by Michels<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> in [40] and it is the following: acompact complex manifold has a balanced metric if and <<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ly if there is no n<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>zeropositive current of bi-dimensi<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>> (n − 1,n − 1), which is the (n − 1,n − 1)-comp<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>ent of a boundary. In the case of str<<strong>strong</strong>>on</<strong>strong</strong>>g <strong>KT</strong> metrics, Egidi proved in [14]