First we improve a result of Tanno that says "If a conformal vector field on a contact metric manifold
M is a strictly infinitesimal contact transformation, then it is an infinitesimal automorphism of
M" by waiving the "strictness" in the hypothesis. Next, we prove that a (
k, μ)-contact manifold admitting a non-Killing conformal vector field is either Sasakian or has
k = –
n – 1, μ = 1 in dimension > 3; and Sasakian or flat in dimension 3. In particular, we show that (i) among all compact simply connected (
k, μ)-contact manifolds of dimension > 3, only the unit sphere
S2n+1 admits a non-Killing conformal vector field, and (ii) a conformal vector field on the unit tangent bundle of a space-form of dimension > 2 is necessarily Killing.
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