Obstructions to the existence of Sasaki-Einstein metrics

DOI10.1007/s00220-007-0213-7zbMath1149.53026arXivhep-th/0607080OpenAlexW3100020661WikidataQ126263788 ScholiaQ126263788MaRDI QIDQ946513

James Sparks, Dario Martelli, Jerome P. Gauntlett, Shing Tung Yau

Publication date: 23 September 2008

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0607080

zbMATH Keywords

Gorenstein singularities Bishop obstruction Licherowicz obstruction Ricci-flat Kähler cone metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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