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On the linearization stability of the conformally (anti-) self-dual Einstein equations. (English) Zbl 0731.53068

The Einstein equations with a cosmological constant, when restricted to Euclidean space-time with anti-self-dual Weyl tensor, can be replaced by a quadratic condition on the curvature of an SU(2) connection. It is known, when the cosmological constant is negative the dimension of the moduli space of gauge-inequivalent solutions to this equation is essentially controlled by the Atiyah-Singer index theorem provided the field equations are linearization stable. It is shown that linearization instability occurs whenever the unperturbed geometry possesses a Killing vector and/or a “harmonic Weyl spinor”. It is then proved that while there are no Killing vectors on compact conformally anti-self-dual Einstein space with a negative cosmological constant, it is possible to have harmonic Weyl spinors. Therefore, the conformally anti-self-dual Einstein equations on a compact Euclidean manifold are linarization stable when the cosmological constant is negative provided the unperturbed geometry admits no harmonic Weyl spinors.

MSC:

53B50 Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences
83C05 Einstein’s equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

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[1] DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/5/8/002 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/5/8/002
[2] DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/7/1/001 · Zbl 0681.53042 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/7/1/001
[3] DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/7/1/002 · Zbl 0681.53043 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/7/1/002
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