Numerical Kahler-Einstein metric on the third del Pezzo

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作者
Doran, Charles [1 ]
Headrick, Matthew [2 ]
Herzog, Christopher P. [3 ]
Kantor, Joshua [1 ]
Wiseman, Toby [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Dept Math, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[2] Stanford Inst Theoret Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[4] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
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10.1007/s00220-008-0558-6
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The third del Pezzo surface admits a unique Kahler-Einstein metric, which is not known in closed form. The manifold's toric structure reduces the Einstein equation to a single Monge-Ampere equation in two real dimensions. We numerically solve this nonlinear PDE using three different algorithms, and describe the resulting metric. The first two algorithms involve simulation of Ricci flow, in complex and symplectic coordinates respectively. The third algorithm involves turning the PDE into an optimization problem on a certain space of metrics, which are symplectic analogues of the "algebraic" metrics used in numerical work on Calabi-Yau manifolds. Our algorithms should be applicable to general toric manifolds. Using our metric, we compute various geometric quantities of interest, including Laplacian eigenvalues and a harmonic (1,1)-form. The metric and (1,1)-form can be used to construct a Klebanov-Tseytlin-like supergravity solution.
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页码:357 / 393
页数:37
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