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Main Author: Hitchin, Nigel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04021
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contents We consider the twistor theory approach to Kronheimer's ALE metrics on resolutions of the quotient of C^2 by a finite subgroup of SU(2). The circle action on the 4-manifold induces a C^* action on a compactification of the twistor space and we identify the orbit of a generic twistor line as a nodal rational curve in a particular cohomology class of a projective rational surface. Using the results of N.Honda et al we identify this surface with the minitwistor space for the Einstein-Weyl structure on the 3-dimensional quotient of the ALE space by the circle action.
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spellingShingle ALE spaces and nodal curves
Hitchin, Nigel
Differential Geometry
53C26, 53C18, 14J42
We consider the twistor theory approach to Kronheimer's ALE metrics on resolutions of the quotient of C^2 by a finite subgroup of SU(2). The circle action on the 4-manifold induces a C^* action on a compactification of the twistor space and we identify the orbit of a generic twistor line as a nodal rational curve in a particular cohomology class of a projective rational surface. Using the results of N.Honda et al we identify this surface with the minitwistor space for the Einstein-Weyl structure on the 3-dimensional quotient of the ALE space by the circle action.
title ALE spaces and nodal curves
topic Differential Geometry
53C26, 53C18, 14J42
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04021