Self-dual solutions to Euclidean gravity
Journal Article
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· Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States)
Recent work on Euclidean self-dual gravitational fields is reviewed. We discuss various solutions to the Einstein equations and treat asymptotically locally Euclidean self-dual metrics in detail. These latter solutions have vanishing classical action and nontrivial topological invariants, and so may play a role in quantum gravity resembling that of the Yang-Mills instantons.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-03-0515
- OSTI ID:
- 5998340
- Journal Information:
- Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 120:1; ISSN APNYA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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