On the metric structure of non-Kähler complex surfaces

Abstract.

We give a characterization of a locally conformally Kähler (l.c.K.) metric with parallel Lee form on a compact complex surface. Using the Kodaira classification of surfaces, we classify the compact complex surfaces admitting such structures. This gives a classification of Sasakian structures on compact three-manifolds. A weak version of the above mentioned characterization leads to an explicit construction of l.c.K. metrics on all Hopf surfaces. We characterize the locally homogeneous l.c.K. metrics on geometric complex surfaces, and we prove that some Inoue surfaces do not admit any l.c.K. metric.