Model Higgs bundles in exceptional components of the Sp(4, ℝ)-character variety

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150067
Author(s):  
Georgios Kydonakis
Keyword(s):  
Elliptic Operator ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Higgs Bundle ◽  
Character Variety ◽  
Topological Invariants ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Connected Sum ◽  
Anosov Representations

We establish a gluing construction for Higgs bundles over a connected sum of Riemann surfaces in terms of solutions to the [Formula: see text]-Hitchin equations using the linearization of a relevant elliptic operator. The construction can be used to provide model Higgs bundles in all the [Formula: see text] exceptional components of the maximal [Formula: see text]-Higgs bundle moduli space, which correspond to components solely consisting of Zariski dense representations. This also allows a comparison between the invariants for maximal Higgs bundles and the topological invariants for Anosov representations constructed by Guichard and Wienhard.

scholarly journals Model Higgs Bundles in Exceptional Components of the Sp(4,R)-Character Variety

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 7744-7786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Kydonakis
Keyword(s):  
Elliptic Operator ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Higgs Bundle ◽  
Character Variety ◽  
Topological Invariants ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Connected Sum ◽  
Anosov Representations

We establish a gluing construction for Higgs bundles over a connected sum of Riemann  surfaces in terms of  solutions to the Sp(4,R)-Hitchin equations using the linearization of a relevant elliptic operator. The construction can be used to provide model Higgs bundles in all the 2g-3 exceptional components of the maximal Sp(4,R)-Higgs bundle moduli space, which correspond to components solely consisted of Zariski dense representations. This alsoallows a comparison between the invariants for maximal Higgs bundles and the topological invariants for Anosov representations constructed by O. Guichard and A. Wienhard.

scholarly journals Hodge polynomials of the SL(2, ℂ)-character variety of an elliptic curve with two marked points

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (14) ◽  
pp. 1450125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Logares ◽  
Vicente Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Elliptic Curve ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Betti Numbers ◽  
Conjugacy Classes ◽  
Character Variety ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Hodge Numbers ◽  
Hodge Polynomials ◽  
Marked Points

We compute the Hodge polynomials for the moduli space of representations of an elliptic curve with two marked points into SL(2, ℂ). When we fix the conjugacy classes of the representations around the marked points to be diagonal and of modulus one, the character variety is diffeomorphic to the moduli space of strongly parabolic Higgs bundles, whose Betti numbers are known. In that case we can recover some of the Hodge numbers of the character variety. We extend this result to the moduli space of doubly periodic instantons.

scholarly journals REPRESENTATIONS OF SURFACE GROUPS IN THE PROJECTIVE GENERAL LINEAR GROUP

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 223-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ GAMA OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Semisimple Lie Group ◽  
Projective Bundles ◽  
Compact Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Hitchin Component ◽  
Projective General Linear Group ◽  
Closed Oriented Surface

Given a closed, oriented surface X of genus g ≥ 2, and a semisimple Lie group G, let [Formula: see text] be the moduli space of reductive representations of π1X in G. We determine the number of connected components of [Formula: see text], for n ≥ 4 even. In order to have a first division of connected components, we first classify real projective bundles over such a surface. Then we achieve our goal, using holomorphic methods through the theory of Higgs bundles over compact Riemann surfaces. We also show that the complement of the Hitchin component in [Formula: see text] is homotopically equivalent to [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals A BRIEF SURVEY OF HIGGS BUNDLES

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
RONALD A. ZÚÑIGA ROJAS
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Mirror Symmetry ◽  
Higgs Field ◽  
Higgs Bundle ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Self Duality ◽  
Holomorphic Bundle ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Higgs Fields

Considering a compact Riemann surface of genus greater or equal than two, a Higgs bundle is a pair composed of a holomorphic bundle over the Riemann surface, joint with an auxiliar vector field, so-called Higgs field. This theory started around thirty years ago, with Hitchin’s work, when he reduced the self-duality equations from dimension four to dimension two, and so, studied those equations over Riemann surfaces. Hitchin baptized those fields as Higgs fields because in the context of physics and gauge theory, they describe similar particles to those described by the Higgs bosson. Later, Simpson used the name Higgs bundle for a holomorphic bundle together with a Higgs field. Today, Higgs bundles are the subject of research in several areas such as non-abelian Hodge theory, Langlands, mirror symmetry, integrable systems, quantum field theory (QFT), among others. The main purposes here are to introduce these objects, and to present a brief but complete construction of the moduli space of Higgs bundles.

scholarly journals BIRATIONAL EQUIVALENCE OF HIGGS MODULI

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 365-386
Author(s):  
MRIDUL MEHTA
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Compact Riemann Surface ◽  
Holomorphic Section ◽  
Higgs Bundle ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Birational Equivalence

In this paper, we study triples of the form (E, θ, ϕ) over a compact Riemann surface, where (E, θ) is a Higgs bundle and ϕ is a global holomorphic section of the Higgs bundle. Our main result is an description of a birational equivalence which relates geometrically the moduli space of Higgs bundles of rank r and degree d to the moduli space of Higgs bundles of rank r-1 and degree d.

scholarly journals INTERSECTION COHOMOLOGY OF RANK 2 CHARACTER VARIETIES OF SURFACE GROUPS

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Mirko Mauri
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Compact Riemann Surface ◽  
Character Variety ◽  
Degree Zero ◽  
Surface Groups ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Character Varieties ◽  
Rank 2

Abstract For $G = \mathrm {GL}_2, \mathrm {SL}_2, \mathrm {PGL}_2$ we compute the intersection E-polynomials and the intersection Poincaré polynomials of the G-character variety of a compact Riemann surface C and of the moduli space of G-Higgs bundles on C of degree zero. We derive several results concerning the P=W conjectures for these singular moduli spaces.

A Primer on Mapping Class Groups (PMS-49)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benson Farb ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Torelli Group ◽  
Surface Bundles ◽  
Surface Homeomorphisms ◽  
Low Dimensional

The study of the mapping class group Mod(S) is a classical topic that is experiencing a renaissance. It lies at the juncture of geometry, topology, and group theory. This book explains as many important theorems, examples, and techniques as possible, quickly and directly, while at the same time giving full details and keeping the text nearly self-contained. The book is suitable for graduate students. It begins by explaining the main group-theoretical properties of Mod(S), from finite generation by Dehn twists and low-dimensional homology to the Dehn–Nielsen–Baer–theorem. Along the way, central objects and tools are introduced, such as the Birman exact sequence, the complex of curves, the braid group, the symplectic representation, and the Torelli group. The book then introduces Teichmüller space and its geometry, and uses the action of Mod(S) on it to prove the Nielsen-Thurston classification of surface homeomorphisms. Topics include the topology of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, the connection with surface bundles, pseudo-Anosov theory, and Thurston's approach to the classification.

scholarly journals On the Voevodsky motive of the moduli space of Higgs bundles on a curve

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Hoskins ◽  
Simon Pepin Lehalleur
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Space ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Characteristic Zero ◽  
Rational Point ◽  
Triangulated Category ◽  
Higgs Bundles ◽  
Projective Curve ◽  
Smooth Projective Curve ◽  
De Rham

AbstractWe study the motive of the moduli space of semistable Higgs bundles of coprime rank and degree on a smooth projective curve C over a field k under the assumption that C has a rational point. We show this motive is contained in the thick tensor subcategory of Voevodsky’s triangulated category of motives with rational coefficients generated by the motive of C. Moreover, over a field of characteristic zero, we prove a motivic non-abelian Hodge correspondence: the integral motives of the Higgs and de Rham moduli spaces are isomorphic.

scholarly journals The Volume of the Quiver Vortex Moduli Space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazutoshi Ohta ◽  
Norisuke Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Target Space ◽  
Contour Integral ◽  
Quiver Gauge Theory ◽  
Volume Formula ◽  
Volume Operator ◽  
Space Volume

Abstract We study the moduli space volume of BPS vortices in quiver gauge theories on compact Riemann surfaces. The existence of BPS vortices imposes constraints on the quiver gauge theories. We show that the moduli space volume is given by a vev of a suitable cohomological operator (volume operator) in a supersymmetric quiver gauge theory, where BPS equations of the vortices are embedded. In the supersymmetric gauge theory, the moduli space volume is exactly evaluated as a contour integral by using the localization. Graph theory is useful to construct the supersymmetric quiver gauge theory and to derive the volume formula. The contour integral formula of the volume (generalization of the Jeffrey-Kirwan residue formula) leads to the Bradlow bounds (upper bounds on the vorticity by the area of the Riemann surface divided by the intrinsic size of the vortex). We give some examples of various quiver gauge theories and discuss properties of the moduli space volume in these theories. Our formula are applied to the volume of the vortex moduli space in the gauged non-linear sigma model with CPN target space, which is obtained by a strong coupling limit of a parent quiver gauge theory. We also discuss a non-Abelian generalization of the quiver gauge theory and “Abelianization” of the volume formula.

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