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Holonomy rigidity for Ricci-flat metrics

Differential Geometry 2016-05-11 v2

Abstract

On a closed connected oriented manifold MM we study the space M(M)\mathcal{M}_\|(M) of all Riemannian metrics which admit a non-zero parallel spinor on the universal covering. Such metrics are Ricci-flat, and all known Ricci-flat metrics are of this form. We show the following: The space M(M)\mathcal{M}_\|(M) is a smooth submanifold of the space of all metrics, and its premoduli space is a smooth finite-dimensional manifold. The holonomy group is locally constant on M(M)\mathcal{M}_\|(M). If MM is spin, then the dimension of the space of parallel spinors is a locally constant function on M(M)\mathcal{M}_\|(M).

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@article{arxiv.1512.07390,
  title  = {Holonomy rigidity for Ricci-flat metrics},
  author = {Bernd Ammann and Klaus Kroencke and Hartmut Weiss and Frederik Witt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.07390},
  year   = {2016}
}

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New abstract and extended introduction

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