Hamiltonian 2-forms and new explicit Calabi--Yau metrics and gradient steady K\"ahler--Ricci solitons on \mathbb{C}^n

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Authors Vestislav Apostolov, Charles Cifarelli

Publication date 24 May 2023

Abstract: For each partition of the positive integer $n=ell+su{m}_{j=1}^{e}ll{d}_j$, where $ellge1$ and $d_{j}ge0$ are integers, we construct a continuous $(ell-1)$-parameter family of explicit complete gradient steady K"ahler--Ricci solitons on $mathbb{C}^n$ admitting a hamiltonian $2$-form of order $ell$ and symmetry group $mU(d_1+1)imescdotsimesmU(d_{ell}+1)$. For $ell=1,,d_1=n-1,,d_2=cdots=d_{ell}=0$ we obtain Cao's example [17] whereas for other partitions the metrics are new. Furthermore, when $n=2,,ell=2,,d_1=d_2=0$ we obtain complete gradient steady K"ahler--Ricci solitons on $mathbb{C}^2$ which have positive sectional curvature but are not isometric to Cao's $mU(2)$-invariant example. This disproves a conjecture by Cao. We also present a construction yielding explicit families of complete gradient steady K"ahler-Ricci solitons on $mathbb{C}^n$ containing higher dimensional extensions of the Taub-NUT Ricci-flat K"ahler metric on $mathbb{C}^2$. When $nge3$, the complete Ricci-flat K"ahler metrics, and when $nge2$, their deformations to complete gradient steady K"ahler Ricci solitons seem not to have been observed before our work.

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