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Scalar--flat K\"ahler metrics with conformal Bianchi V symmetry

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-05-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Differential Geometry Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We provide an affirmative answer to a question posed by Tod \cite{Tod:1995b}, and construct all four-dimensional Kahler metrics with vanishing scalar curvature which are invariant under the conformal action of Bianchi V group. The construction is based on the combination of twistor theory and the isomonodromic problem with two double poles. The resulting metrics are non-diagonal in the left-invariant basis and are explicitly given in terms of Bessel functions and their integrals. We also make a connection with the LeBrun ansatz, and characterise the associated solutions of the SU(\infty) Toda equation by the existence a non-abelian two-dimensional group of point symmetries.

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@article{arxiv.1010.2963,
  title  = {Scalar--flat K\"ahler metrics with conformal Bianchi V symmetry},
  author = {Maciej Dunajski and Prim Plansangkate},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.2963},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Dedicated to Maciej Przanowski on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Minor corrections. To appear in CQG