Asymptotics of Kähler-Einstein metrics on complex hyperbolic cusps

Abstract

Let $L$ be a negative holomorphic line bundle over an $(n-1)$-dimensional complex torus $D$. Let $h$ be a Hermitian metric on $L$ such that the curvature form of the dual Hermitian metric defines a flat Kähler metric on $D$. Then $h$ is unique up to scaling, and, for some closed tubular neighborhood $V$ of the zero section $D \subset L$, the form $ω_h = -(n+1)i\partial\overline\partial\log(-{\log h})$ defines a complete Kähler-Einstein metric on $V \setminus D$ with ${\rm Ric}(ω_h) = -ω_h$. In fact, $ω_h$ is complex hyperbolic, i.e., the holomorphic sectional curvature of $ω_h$ is constant, and $ω_h$ has the usual doubly-warped cusp structure familiar from complex hyperbolic geometry. In this paper, we prove that if $U$ is another closed tubular neighborhood of the zero section and if $ω$ is a complete Kähler-Einstein metric with ${\rm Ric}(ω) = -ω$ on $U \setminus D$, then there exist a Hermitian metric $h$ as above and a $δ\in \mathbb{R}^+$ such that $ω- ω_{h} = O(e^{-δ\sqrt{-{\log h}}})$ to all orders with respect to $ω_h$ as $h \to 0$. This rate is doubly exponential in the distance from a fixed point, and is sharp.