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Construction of gravitational instantons with non-maximal volume growth via codimension-1 collapse

Differential Geometry 2024-06-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we construct families of gravitational instantons of type ALG, ALG*, ALH and ALH* using a gluing construction. Away from a finite set of exceptional points, the metric collapses with bounded curvature to a quotient of R3\mathbb{R}^3 by Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 and a lattice of rank one or two. Depending on whether the gravitational instantons are of type ALG/ALG* or ALH/ALH*, there are either two or four exceptional points respectively that are modelled on the Atiyah-Hitchin manifold. The other exceptional points are modelled on the Taub-NUT metric. There are at most four, respectively eight, of these points in each case.

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@article{arxiv.2406.16318,
  title  = {Construction of gravitational instantons with non-maximal volume growth via codimension-1 collapse},
  author = {Willem Adriaan Salm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.16318},
  year   = {2024}
}

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53 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables (containing figures)