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Higher-curvature generalization of Eguchi-Hanson spaces

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Author(s):
Corral, Cristobal ; Flores-Alfonso, Daniel ; Giribet, Gaston ; Oliva, Julio
Total Authors: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW D; v. 106, n. 8, p. 9-pg., 2022-10-28.
Abstract

We construct higher-dimensional generalizations of the Eguchi-Hanson gravitational instanton in the presence of higher-curvature deformations of general relativity. These spaces are solutions to Einstein gravity supplemented with the dimensional extension of the quadratic Chern-Gauss-Bonnet invariant in arbitrary even dimension D = 2m >= 4, and they are constructed out of nontrivial fibrations over (2m - 2) -dimensional Kahler-Einstein manifolds. Different aspects of these solutions are analyzed; among them, the regularization of the on-shell Euclidean action by means of the addition of topological invariants. We also consider higher-curvature corrections to the gravity action that are cubic in the Riemann tensor and explicitly construct Eguchi-Hanson type solutions for such. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/13231-7 - Chile - São Paulo network on holography
Grantee:Horatiu Stefan Nastase
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants