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Mode Stability for Gravitational Instantons of Type D

Differential Geometry 2024-05-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study Ricci-flat perturbations of gravitational instantons of Petrov type D. Analogously to the Lorentzian case, the Weyl curvature scalars of extreme spin-weight satisfy a Riemannian version of the separable Teukolsky equation. As a step towards rigidity of the type D Kerr and Taub-bolt families of instantons, we prove mode stability, i.e., that the Teukolsky equation admits no solutions compatible with regularity and asymptotic (local) flatness.

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@article{arxiv.2309.03972,
  title  = {Mode Stability for Gravitational Instantons of Type D},
  author = {Gustav Nilsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.03972},
  year   = {2024}
}
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