On the exceptional set of crepant resolutions of abelian singularities

Abstract

Let G be a finite abelian subgroup of SL(n,C), and suppose there exists a toric crepant resolution phi: X -- > C^n/G. We prove that for each component E of the exceptional set of phi there exists an open subset U of X that contains E and is isomorphic to the total space of the canonical bundle of E. This contributes to the collection of results aimed at solving a classical problem, i.e., to determine which submanifolds of a complex manifold have a neighborhood isomorphic to a neighborhood of the zero section of their normal bundle.