Infinitesimal rigidity of Hermitian gravitational instantons
Differential Geometry
2026-01-27 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We prove infinitesimal rigidity and integrability of the moduli space for Hermitian gravitational instantons. Together with the recent proof by Biquard, Gauduchon, and LeBrun of local rigidity for Hermitian instantons, this completes the picture of the moduli space of Hermitian gravitational instantons, both for the compact and non-compact cases. An important step in the proof is to show that provided certain boundary conditions hold, a curve of Riemannian metrics passing through a Hermitian non-K\"ahler Einstein metric is conformally K\"ahler to second perturbative order. This uses ideas of Wu and LeBrun.
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@article{arxiv.2601.17206,
title = {Infinitesimal rigidity of Hermitian gravitational instantons},
author = {Lars Andersson and Bernardo Araneda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.17206},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Some of this material formed part of arXiv:2503.24265(v3), and has been made into a separate paper for enhanced focus and clarity