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Four-dimensional Einstein manifolds with Heisenberg symmetry

Differential Geometry 2021-07-12 v2

Abstract

We classify Einstein metrics on R4\mathbb{R}^4 invariant under a four-dimensional group of isometries including a principal action of the Heisenberg group. The metrics are either Ricci-flat or of negative Ricci curvature. We show that all of the Ricci-flat metrics, including the simplest ones which are hyper-K\"ahler, are incomplete. By contrast, those of negative Ricci curvature contain precisely two complete examples: the complex hyperbolic metric and a metric of cohomogeneity one known as the one-loop deformed universal hypermultiplet.

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@article{arxiv.2104.07280,
  title  = {Four-dimensional Einstein manifolds with Heisenberg symmetry},
  author = {Vicente Cortés and Arpan Saha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.07280},
  year   = {2021}
}

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22 pages, no figures. v2: minor corrections, new references added