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On a given compact complex manifold or orbifold $(M,J)$, we study the existence of Hermitian metrics $\tilde g$ in the conformal classes of K\"ahler metrics on $(M,J)$, such that the Ricci tensor of $\tilde g$ is of type $(1,1)$ with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-12-22 Vestislav Apostolov , Gideon Maschler

It has long been conjectured that the Euclidean Schwarzschild and Euclidean Kerr instantons are the only non-trivial asymptotically flat (AF) gravitational instantons. In this letter, we show that this conjecture is false by explicitly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-07 Yu Chen , Edward Teo

We give a classification of toric, Hermitian, Ricci flat, ALF Riemannian metrics in dimension 4, including metrics with conical singularities. The only smooth examples are on one hand the hyperKaehler ALF metrics, on the other hand, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Olivier Biquard , Paul Gauduchon

We complete the classification of compact Hermitian manifolds admitting a flat Gauduchon connection. In particular, we establish a conjecture of Yang and Zheng, showing that apart from the cases of a flat Chern or Bismut connection, such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Ramiro A. Lafuente , James Stanfield

We prove that any $4$-dimensional almost-K\"ahler Lie algebra of constant Hermitian holomorphic sectional curvature with respect to the canonical Hermitian connection is K\"ahler.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-27 Mehdi Lejmi , Luigi Vezzoni

We derive a canonical symmetry reduction associated to a compact non-K\"ahler Bismut-Hermitian-Einstein manifold. In real dimension $6$, the transverse geometry is conformally K\"ahler, and we give a complete description in terms of a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Vestislav Apostolov , Giuseppe Barbaro , Kuan-Hui Lee , Jeffrey Streets

Any pseudo-Hermitian or para-Hermitian manifold of dimension 4 admits a unique Kaehler-Weyl structure; this structure is locally conformally Kaehler if and only if the alternating Ricci tensor vanishes. The alternating Ricci tensor takes…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-20 M. Brozos-Vazquez , E. Garcia-Rio , P. Gilkey , R. Vazquez-Lorenzo

We show that Hermitian-Einstein metrics can be locally constructed by a map from (anti-)self-dual two-forms on Euclidean ${\mathbb R}^4$ to symmetric two-tensors introduced in "Gravitational instantons from gauge theory," H. S. Yang and M.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-02 Kentaro Hara , Akifumi Sako , Hyun Seok Yang

We establish sharp lower bounds for the mass of asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) and asymptotically locally flat (ALF) toric 4-manifolds, in terms of equilibrium geometries consisting of gravitational instantons. More precisely, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Aghil Alaee , Marcus Khuri , Hari Kunduri

We establish existence and uniqueness results for asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) and asymptotically locally flat (ALF) gravitational instantons. In particular, we prove the existence of a unique, Ricci-flat, toric ALE and ALF…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Hari K. Kunduri , James Lucietti

We consider a dimensional reduction of the (deformed) Hermitian Yang-Mills condition on $S^1$-invariant K\"ahler Einstein $6$-manifolds. This allows us to reformulate the (deformed) Hermitian Yang-Mills equations in terms of data on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Udhav Fowdar

Compact Hermitian symmetric spaces are K\"ahler manifolds with constant scalar curvature and non-negative sectional curvature. A famous result by A. Gray states that, conversely, a compact simply connected K\"ahler manifold with constant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Andrei Moroianu , Uwe Semmelmann , Gregor Weingart

We study rigidity on certain K\"ahler manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Among others things, we show that a complete noncompact K\"ahler surface with nonnegative Ricci curvature, Euclidean volume growth and quadratic curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Gang Liu

We give a description of all $G$-invariant Ricci-flat K\"ahler metrics on the canonical complexification of any compact Riemannian symmetric space $G/K$ of arbitrary rank, by using some special local $(1,0)$ vector fields on $T(G/K)$. As…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-04 P. M. Gadea , J. C. González-Dávila , I. V. Mykytyuk

We solve the geodesic equation in the space of K\"ahler metrics under the setting of asymptotically locally Euclidean (ALE) K\"ahler manifolds and we prove global $\mathcal{C}^{1,1}$ regularity of the solution. Then, we relate the solution…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-21 Qi Yao

This paper is the sequel of our previous article "From ALE to ALF gravitational instantons", where we constructed ALF hyperkahler metrics on minimal resolutions of dihedral Kleinian singularities. In the present article we generalize the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-04-12 Hugues Auvray

On $4$-symmetric symplectic spaces, invariant almost complex structures -- up to sign -- arise in pairs. We exhibit some $4$-symmetric symplectic spaces, with a pair of "natural" compatible (usually not positive) invariant almost complex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-14 Michel Cahen , Simone Gutt , Manar Hayyani , Mohammed Raouyane

In this paper, we show that the complete scalar-flat Kahler metrics constructed by Abreu and the author on strictly unbounded toric 4-dimensional orbifolds have finite $L^2$ norm of the full Riemannian tensor. In particular, this answers a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-07-24 Rosa Sena-Dias

In this paper we prove that any $n$-dimensional ($n\ge 4$) complete Bach-flat gradient steady Ricci soliton with positive Ricci curvature is isometric to the Bryant soliton. We also show that a three-dimensional gradient steady Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Huai-Dong Cao , Giovanni Catino , Qiang Chen , Carlo Mantegazza , Lorenzo Mazzieri

In this work, we study nonconformally Ricci-flat gravitational instantons in four-dimensional Conformal Gravity, both in vacuum and in the presence of nonlinear conformal matter. First, the one-parameter extension of the Kerr-NUT-AdS metric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-09 Cristóbal Corral , Borja Diez , Eleftherios Papantonopoulos