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A Note on Conifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We present the Ricci-flat metric and its Kahler potential on the conifold with the O(N) isometry, whose conical singularity is repaired by the complex quadric surface Q^{N-2} = SO(N)/SO(N-2)xU(1).

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0107100,
  title  = {A Note on Conifolds},
  author = {Kiyoshi Higashijima and Tetsuji Kimura and Muneto Nitta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0107100},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

LaTeX2e, 8 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B