Study on asymptotic behavior of Taub-NUT type solitons and construction of new ALF Calabi-Yau metrics.
problem Asymptotic behavior of steady gradient Kähler-Ricci solitons of Taub-NUT type.
method Determination of asymptotic cone, special case analysis, and construction of new metrics using Tian-Yau-Hein method.
result Construction of new ALF Calabi-Yau metrics on quotients of the Taub-NUT type soliton.
We construct a family of non-collapsed, non-Kähler, non-Einstein steady Ricci solitons in even dimensions greater or equal to four. These solitons exist on complex line bundles over Kähler-Einstein manifolds of positive scalar curvature. They include a four-dimensional U(2)-invariant, non-collapsed Riemannian steady …
Solves geodesic equations on specific metrics.
problem Explicit geodesic solutions for certain metrics are not known.
method Solves geodesic equations under different constant conditions.
result Explicit solutions not available for all conditions.
The paper proves properties of Kähler surfaces with zero scalar curvature.
problem Characterizing Kähler surfaces with zero scalar curvature.
method Analyzing families of generalized Taub-Nut Kähler surfaces and Burn's metric.
result Proves that certain Kähler surfaces are QCH and of specific types.
We provide a proof that nonholonomically constrained Ricci flows of (pseudo) Riemannian metrics positively result into nonsymmetric metrics (as explicit examples, we consider flows of some physically valuable exact solutions in general relativity). There are constructed and analyzed three classes of solutions of Ricci …
Complete Calabi-Yau metrics on C^{N+1} are constructed.
problem Constructing complete Calabi-Yau metrics on C^{N+1} for N >= 3.
method Generalized Gibbons-Hawking ansatz with gluing procedure to overcome volume-form defects.
result Calabi-Yau metrics with tangent cone R^N are constructed.
We construct a family of Calabi-Yau metrics on $\C^3$ with properties analogous to the Taub-NUT metric on $\C^2$, and construct a family of Calabi-Yau 3-fold metric models on the positive and negative vertices of SYZ fibrations with properties analogous to the Ooguri-Vafa metric.
Explicit construction of the basic SU(2) anti-instantons over the multi-Taub--NUT geometry via the classical conformal rescaling method is exhibited. These anti-instantons satisfiy the so-called weak holonomy condition at infinity with respect to the trivial flat connection and decay rapidly. The resulting unital energ…
New explicit Calabi-Yau metrics and Kähler-Ricci solitons found on complex n-space.
problem Constructing new explicit Calabi-Yau metrics and Kähler-Ricci solitons.
method Continuous (ℓ−1)-parameter family of explicit complete gradient steady Kähler-Ricci solitons on Cn with Hamiltonian 2-forms. result Construction of new complete gradient steady Kähler-Ricci solitons with positive sectional curvature.
Paper shows Ricci flow with surgery converging to Taub-NUT metric.
problem Existence of Ricci flow with surgery and topology change.
method Ricci flow with surgery and local topology change.
result Flow converges to Taub-NUT metric on \mathbb{R}^4.
New methods compute geometry of hyperKähler metrics at infinity.
problem Understanding the geometry of hyperKähler metrics at infinity.
method Quasi-asymptotically conical metrics, Taub-NUT deformations, compactification by manifolds with corners.
result Identifies unique tangent cones and cohomology groups.
We propose a construction of Skyrme fields from holonomy of the spin connection of gravitational instantons. The procedure is implemented for Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT instantons. The skyrmion resulting from the Taub-NUT is given explicitly on the space of orbits of a left translation inside the whole isometry group.…
The paper explores Kähler structures of Taub-NUT and Kerr spaces.
problem Understanding Kähler properties of gravitational instantons and black holes.
method Analyzing Euclidean Taub-NUT and Kerr metrics using alternative coframes and conformal scaling.
result Euclidean Taub-NUT and Kerr metrics exhibit hyper-Kähler and globally conformally Kähler properties, respectively.
The paper extends Hawking--Page solutions to various spacetimes with singularities.
problem Understanding the extensions of Hawking--Page solutions with different types of singularities.
method Kaluza--Klein reduction and Christodoulou's methods.
result Extensions of Lorentzian Hawking--Page solutions with null, spacelike singularities, and Cauchy horizons of Taub--NUT type are proven.
Study instanton metrics via Taub-NUT deformations.
problem Understanding deformations of instanton metrics.
method Using generalized Legendre transform on bow varieties.
result Found Kähler potential on instanton moduli spaces.
Instantons on multi-Taub-NUT spaces are mapped to bow representations.
problem Mapping instantons to bow representations for multi-Taub-NUT spaces.
method Proving gauge equivalence classes correspondence and isometry of moduli spaces.
result Instantons on multi-Taub-NUT spaces are isometric to bow representations.
The paper constructs gravitational instantons with unique collapse patterns.
problem Creating gravitational instantons with specific geometric properties.
method Using gluing construction, the metric collapses to quotients of R^3 with specific patterns.
result The constructed gravitational instantons have unique collapse patterns and exceptional points.
Researchers found a new 8D Taub-NUT-like metric using harmonic superspace.
problem Finding a new 8-dimensional Taub-NUT-like manifold.
method Used harmonic superspace formalism to derive the metric.
result Derived a new 8D Taub-NUT-like metric.
We study the one-parameter family of twisted Kahler Taub-NUT metrics (discovered by Donaldson), along with two exceptional Taub-NUT-like instantons, and understand them to the extend that should be sufficient for blow-up and gluing arguments. In particular we parametrize their geodesics from the origin, determine curva…
Gravitational instantons are constructed as superpositions of Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT geometries.
problem Constructing gravitational instantons from Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT geometries.
method A gluing construction that captures the superposition of moduli spaces of centred SU(2) monopoles and Taub-NUT manifolds.
result Gravitational instantons are explicitly shown to be superpositions of Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT geometries.
We study finite action anti-self-dual Yang-Mills connections on the multi-Taub-NUT space. We establish the curvature and the harmonic spinors decay rates and compute the index of the associated Dirac operator. This is the first in a series of papers proving the completeness of the bow construction of instantons on mult…
This paper classifies Kähler manifolds with specific Einstein-type properties.
problem Classifying gradient Einstein-type Kähler manifolds with α=0. method Unified framework of Einstein-type manifolds, focusing on classification with α=0. result Complete classification of non-trivial, complete gradient Einstein-type Kähler manifolds with α=0. We present a construction of self-dual Yang-Mills connections on the Taub-NUT space. We illustrate it by finding explicit expressions for all SU(2) instantons of instanton number one and generic monodromy at infinity.
We study the Hessian geometry of toric multi-Taub-NUT metrics and their phase change phenomena via the images of their moment maps. This generalizes an earlier paper on toric Gibbons-Hawking metrics.
We introduce a generalization of Taub-NUT deformations for large families of hyper-Kaehler quotients including toric hyper-Kaehler manifolds and quiver varieties, and apply them to the case of the Hilbert schemes of k points on C^2.
Ricci flow converges to Taub-NUT metric under specific conditions.
problem Analyzing convergence of Ricci flow solutions to Taub-NUT metric.
method Study of Ricci flow starting from a specific metric on R4. result Ricci flow converges to Taub-NUT metric in infinite time under certain conditions.
New minimal 2-spheres found in hyperkähler 4-manifolds, unstable and not holomorphic.
problem Characterizing stable minimal surfaces in hyperkähler 4-manifolds.
method Gluing construction using Scherk and Taub-NUT surfaces, harmonic map parametrization.
result Existence of unstable minimal 2-spheres with degree-1 Gauss lift, not holomorphic.
Improved understanding of translating solitons using new techniques.
problem Understanding translating solitons in geometry.
method Using a new test function and gradient estimate technique.
result Better Bernstein type result of translating solitons.
In this paper we examine a new class of five dimensional (5D) exact solutions in extra dimension gravity possessing Lie algebroid symmetry. The constructions provide a motivation for the theory of Clifford nonholonomic algebroids elaborated in Ref. hep-th/0501217. Such Einstein-Dirac spacetimes are parametrized by gene…
This paper classifies solitons under specific tensor conditions.
problem Classifying solitons under vanishing conditions on the Weyl, Cotton, and Cao-Chen tensors.
method Analyzing complete conformal gradient solitons and using tensor conditions.
result Classification of complete nontrivial locally conformally flat conformal gradient solitons.
Complete gradient Einstein-type Sasakian manifolds with α=0 are trivial or isometric to the unit sphere.
problem Characterizing complete gradient Einstein-type Sasakian manifolds with α=0.
method Unified framework of Einstein-type manifolds characterized by four constants α, β, μ, and ρ.
result Complete gradient Einstein-type Sasakian manifolds with α=0 are trivial or isometric to the unit sphere.
The study investigates properties of a specific Riemannian manifold with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection.
problem Characterizing properties of a Riemannian manifold with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection.
method Construction of a non-trivial example, proving manifold properties based on the metric being a gradient soliton or Yamabe soliton.
result A manifold with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection and gradient Ricci/Yamabe soliton is of constant curvature.
Local equivalence found between certain solitons and generalized Kähler-Ricci solitons.
problem Understanding and constructing generalized Kähler-Ricci solitons.
method Establishing local equivalence and extending to complete GKRS under natural conditions.
result Local classification and construction of new examples in all dimensions, especially in four dimensions.
The common assertion that the Ricci flows of Einstein spaces with cosmological constant can be modelled by certain classes of nonholonomic frame, metric and linear connection deformations resulting in nonhomogeneous Einstein spaces is examined in the light of the role played by topological three dimensional (3D) Taub-N…
We find sufficient conditions for the absence of harmonic L2 spinors on spin manifolds constructed as cone bundles over a compact Kähler base. These conditions are fulfilled for certain perturbations of the Euclidean metric, and also for the generalized Taub-NUT metrics of Iwai-Katayama, thus proving a conjecture of…
Found first example of homogeneous gradient solitons for G2-Laplacian flow.
problem Existence of homogeneous gradient solitons for G2-Laplacian flow. method Provided the first known example of homogeneous gradient solitons.
result G2-Laplacian flow admits homogeneous gradient solitons on one-dimensional extensions. We consider three- and four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian generalized symmetric spaces, whose invariant metrics were explicitly described in [15]. While four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian generalized symmetric spaces of types A, C and D are algebraic Ricci solitons, the ones of type B are not so. The Ricci soliton equa…
Paper proves constant functions for pluriharmonic on certain solitons.
problem Proving Liouville type theorems for harmonic functions on gradient Ricci solitons.
method Analyzing pluriharmonic functions on gradient shrinking or steady Kähler-Ricci solitons.
result Any pluriharmonic function with gradient in Lp is constant. Study clarifies almost Ricci-Bourguignon solitons and their properties.
problem Understanding the properties of almost Ricci-Bourguignon solitons.
method Revisit and compare with known results of Barros and Ribeiro.
result Identify conditions for compact almost RB-solitons to be trivial or have special properties.
We discuss the geometry of homogeneous Ricci solitons. After showing the nonexistence of compact homogeneous and noncompact steady homogeneous solitons, we concentrate on the study of left invariant Ricci solitons. We show that, in the unimodular case, the Ricci soliton equation does not admit solutions in the set of l…
The paper classifies a type of solitons in Euclidean spaces.
problem Classifying generalized Yamabe solitons on hypersurfaces.
method Completely classified solitons arising from the position vector field.
result Classification of generalized Yamabe solitons on hypersurfaces in Euclidean spaces.
Classifies instantons on ALF multi-Taub-NUT spaces and ties them to bow solutions.
problem Classifying instantons on specific spaces.
method Uses Nahm's equations and bow solutions to construct instantons.
result Constructs holomorphic instanton bundles on multi-Taub-NUT spaces.
Defines a new metric on Fano Kaehler-Ricci solitons.
problem No specific problem stated; focuses on defining a new metric.
method Defines a Weil-Petersson type metric on the space of shrinking Kaehler-Ricci solitons.
result Proves the independence of the Weil-Petersson metric from choices of Kaehler-Ricci soliton metrics and shows its Kaehler property.
We analyse some properties of the cohomogeneity one Ricci soliton equations, and use Ansatze of cohomogeneity one type to produce new explicit examples of complete Kahler Ricci solitons of expanding, steady and shrinking types. These solitons are foliated by hypersurfaces which are circle bundles over a product of Fano…
The paper pinches curvature in expanding Ricci solitons.
problem Curvature pinching in expanding Ricci solitons.
method Hamilton-Ivey type curvature pinching estimates.
result Three-dimensional Hamilton-Ivey type curvature pinching theorem.
This paper connects soliton-type metrics with weighted CSCK metrics on Fano manifolds.
problem Existence and properties of weighted constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics.
method Introducing a weight function g(v,w) and proving equivalence between (v,w)-CSCK metrics and g(v,w)-solitons. result Existence of (v,w)-CSCK metrics in the first Chern class is equivalent to existence of g(v,w)-solitons. Sharp Li-Yau equality proven for shrinking Ricci solitons without curvature assumptions.
problem Classifying shrinking Ricci solitons without curvature or volume restrictions.
method Proving the sharp Li-Yau equality for conjugate heat kernel on shrinking Ricci solitons.
result Several estimates and classification of four-dimensional, non-compact shrinking Ricci solitons.
Study shows instantons and monopoles decompose into U(1) components.
problem Understanding the asymptotic structure of instantons and monopoles.
method Analysis of multi-centered Taub-NUT manifolds, calorons, and monopoles on R^3.
result Instantons and monopoles asymptotically decompose into U(1) components.