New gravitational instantons and their interactions
- 15 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 22 (2) , 313-321
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.22.313
Abstract
We explore some of the possibilities for constructing new gravitational instantons. We find a new type, a rotating analog of the Taub-"bolt" situation, and we also rule out the possibility of various multi-instanton configurations.Keywords
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