On units with Galois complex conjugates of equal absolute value

Abstract

We prove, using a theorem of Northcott, that if a number field K with s real embeddings and 2t complex ones has a group of units U such that all elements in U have all its complex conjugates of same absolute value, then one necessarily has t = 1. This fact has an interesting implication in complex hermitian geometry, namely it describes all Oeljeklaus-Toma manifolds carrying locally conformally Kahler structures. It is then shown that the same method also works for the situation concerning the existence of pluriclosed metrics on Oeljeklaus-Toma manifolds.