A new toric ALF gravitational instanton
We construct a new explicit toric ALF gravitational instanton. The instanton has Euler characteristic $χ= 4$ and Hirzebruch signature $τ= 1$. The topology at infinity is a lens space $L(3,1)$. The solution depends on one parameter and is constructed from the Belinski--Zakharov four-soliton solution. We prove that the instanton is smooth and positive definite on and away from the axis. This is the first example of a non-Hermitian ALF (not AF) gravitational instanton.
Authors
- Alfie Jones
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2611.03221
- Primary Topic
- Geometry and complex manifolds
- Type
- preprint