We introduce a notion of a Kähler metric with constant weighted scalar curvature on a compact Kähler manifold X, depending on a fixed real torus double-struckT in the reduced group of automorphisms of X, and two smooth (weight) functions v>0 and normalw, defined on the momentum image (with respect to a given Kähler class α on X) of X in the dual Lie algebra of double-struckT.
We show that a number of known results obstructing the existence of constant scalar curvature Kähler (cscK) metrics can be extended to the weighted setting. In particular, we introduce a functional Mnormalv,normalw on the space of double-struckT‐invariant Kähler metrics in α, extending the Mabuchi energy in the cscK case, and show that if α is Hodge, then constant weighted scalar curvature metrics in α are minima of Mnormalv,normalw. We define a (v,w)‐weighted Futaki invariant of a double-struckT‐compatible smooth Kähler test configuration associated to (X,α,T), and show that the boundedness from below of the (v,w)‐weighted Mabuchi functional Mnormalv,normalw implies a suitable notion of a (v,w)‐weighted K‐semistability.