ALE Instantons in String Theory

TL;DR

This paper discusses a string theory solution featuring an ALE instanton with a self-dual metric, exploring its properties within the context of string theory and gravitational instantons.

Contribution

It introduces a specific ALE instanton solution in string theory and analyzes its properties, contributing to the understanding of instantonic effects in string backgrounds.

Findings

Identification of a self-dual ALE instanton solution in string theory

Analysis of the properties and implications of the instanton solution

Insights into the role of instantons in string theory contexts

Abstract

In this talk we will describe a string solution which contains a self-dual (instantonic) metric and study its properties. Talk given by M.Bianchi at the Seventh Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Stanford July 24-30, 1994.