Graph manifolds as ends of negatively curved Riemannian manifolds

Abstract

Let $M$ be a graph manifold such that each piece of its JSJ decomposition has the $\Bbb H^2 \times \Bbb R$ geometry. Assume that the pieces are glued by isometries. Then, there exists a complete Riemannian metric on $\Bbb R \times M$ which is an "eventually warped cusp metric" with the sectional curvature $K$ satisfying $-1 \le K <0$. A theorem by Ontaneda then implies that $M$ appears as an end of a 4-dimensional, complete, non-compact Riemannian manifold of finite volume with sectional curvature $K$ satisfying $-1 \le K <0$.