Instantons on ALE spaces, quiver varieties, and Kac-Moody algebras (Q1345235)

This paper studies certain hyper-Kähler quotients of representation spaces of quivers on graphs (which the author calls quiver varieties). These include the ALE spaces constructed as hyper-Kähler quotients by \textit{P. B. Kronheimer} [J. Differ. Geom. 29, No. 3, 665--683 (1989; Zbl 0671.53045)] and are related to the work of \textit{A. D. King} [Q. J. Math., Oxf. II. Ser. 45, No. 180, 515--530 (1994; Zbl 0837.16005)]. The author considers their geometry, topology, singularities and natural \(C^*\)-actions, and looks at a number of examples.