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On 4-dimensional Ricci-flat ALE manifolds

Differential Geometry 2024-11-27 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we prove: 1. There is a one-to-one correspondence between: Hermitian non-K\"ahler ALE gravitational instantons (M,h)(M,h), and Bach-flat K\"ahler orbifolds (M^,g^)(\widehat{M},\widehat{g}) of complex dimension 2 with exactly one orbifold point qq, such that the scalar curvature sg^s_{\widehat{g}} satisfies sg^(q)=0s_{\widehat{g}}(q)=0 while being positive elsewhere. 2. There is no Hermitian non-K\"ahler ALE gravitational instanton (M,h)(M,h) with structure group contained in SU(2)SU(2), except for the Eguchi-Hanson metric with reversed orientation. A 4-dimensional Ricci-flat metric being Hermitian non-K\"ahler is equivalent to being non-trivially conformally K\"ahler.

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@article{arxiv.2304.01609,
  title  = {On 4-dimensional Ricci-flat ALE manifolds},
  author = {Mingyang Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.01609},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Several computation mistakes corrected

R2 v1 2026-06-28T09:48:33.240Z