Integrability of Einstein deformations and desingularizations

DOI10.1002/CPA.22129arXiv2105.13193OpenAlexW3164420100MaRDI QIDQ6180709FDOQ6180709

Tristan Ozuch

Publication date: 2 January 2024

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the question of the integrability of Einstein deformations and relate it to the question of the desingularization of Einstein metrics. Our main application is a negative answer to the long-standing question of whether or not every Einstein $4$-orbifold (which is an Einstein metric space in a synthetic sense) is limit of smooth Einstein $4$-manifolds. We more precisely show that spherical and hyperbolic $4$-orbifolds with the simplest singularities cannot be Gromov-Hausdorff limits of smooth Einstein $4$-metrics without relying on previous integrability assumptions. For this, we analyze the integrability of deformations of Ricci-flat ALE metrics through variations of Schoen's Pohozaev identity. Inspired by Taub's preserved quantity in General Relativity, we also introduce preserved integral quantities based on the symmetries of Einstein metrics. These quantities are obstructions to the integrability of infinitesimal Einstein deformations "closing up" inside a hypersurface - even with change of topology. We show that many previously identified obstructions to the desingularization of Einstein $4$-metrics are equivalent to these quantities on Ricci-flat cones. In particular, all of the obstructions to desingularizations bubbling out Eguchi-Hanson metrics are recovered. This lets us further interpret the obstructions to the desingularization of Einstein metrics as a defect of integrability.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.13193

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry (53-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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