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Study asymptotics of hyperkähler geometry on singular fibers of Hitchin moduli space.

We study the holomorphic sections of the Deligne-Hitchin moduli space of a compact Riemann surface that are invariant under the natural anti-holomorphic involutions of the moduli space. Their relationships with the harmonic maps are established. As a bi-product, a question of Simpson on such sections, posed in \cite{Si…

Study of Hitchin map on specific Higgs bundles.

Study on Hitchin index for cohomogeneity one nearly Kähler structures.

Given a generic ray of Higgs bundles $(\overline{\partial}_E, t\varphi)$, we describe the corresponding family of hermitian metrics $h_t$ solving Hitchin's equations via gluing methods. In the process, we construct a family of approximate solutions $h_t^{\mathrm{app}}$ which differ from the actual harmonic metrics $h_t…

Holomorphic Lagrangian subvarieties are toric fibrations over their projections in special Kähler bases.

Solutions of Hitchin's self-duality equations corresponds to special real sections in the Deligne-Hitchin moduli space -- twistor lines. A question posed by Simpson in 1997 asks whether all real sections give rise to global solutions of the self-duality equations. An affirmative answer would allow for complex analytic …

It is shown that there are infinitely many compact orientable smooth 4-manifolds which do not admit Einstein metrics, but nevertheless satisfy the strict Hitchin-Thorpe inequality 2 chi > 3 |tau|. The examples in question arise as non-minimal complex algebraic surfaces of general type, and the method of proof stems fro…

Surveying Hitchin representations of Fuchsian groups.

We survey the definitions and some important properties of several asymptotic invariants of smooth manifolds, and discuss some open questions related to them. We prove that the (non-)vanishing of the minimal volume is a differentiable property, which is not invariant under homeomorphisms. We also formulate an obstructi…

Here we survey questions and results on the Hodge theory of hyperkaehler quotients, motivated by certain S-duality considerations in string theory. The problems include L^2 harmonic forms, Betti numbers and mixed Hodge structures on the moduli spaces of Yang-Mills instantons on ALE gravitational instantons, magnetic mo…

The paper studies the correlation of Hilbert lengths for convex projective surfaces.

Defines and parametrizes $\mathfrak{sl}(2)$-type singular fibres in symplectic and odd orthogonal Hitchin systems.

Real projective surfaces with Hitchin holonomy can be related via grafting.

Paper solves Hermitian-Einstein equations on noncompact manifolds.

We study the following question: Let $(X,g)$ be a compact Gauduchon surface, $(E,h)$ be a differentiable rank $r$ vector bundle on $X$, ${\mathcal{D}}$ be a fixed holomorphic structure on $D:=\det(E)$ and $a$ be the Chern connection of the pair $(\mathcal{D},\det(h))$. Does the complex space structure on ${\mathcal{M}}…

Generic Hitchin representations generate dense subgroups.

Study shows rapid decay of Hitchin metric from semi-flat metric on Higgs bundles.

New estimates for Hitchin's equations at high energy.

Study of a basic Hitchin equation on Sasakian 3-folds, showing hyperKähler metric.

Study pressure metrics for cusped Hitchin representations.

Study of energy functional on Deligne-Hitchin moduli space sections.

Survey on $2k$-Hitchin equations and Higgs bundles from geometric perspective.

The paper studies sequences of solutions to Hitchin-Simpson equations on Kähler manifolds.

Study on harmonic metrics for rank 3 Higgs bundles in Hitchin section.

We study hyperkahler metrics and hyperholomorphic connections of Hitchin's moduli spaces after Gaiotto, Moore and Neitzke. Their construction via the twistor technique produces intricate wall crossing behaviors. For certain four dimensional Hitchin's moduli spaces local models and degeneration to local models near sing…

We survey some recent developments in the asymptotic geometry of the Hitchin moduli space, starting with an introduction to the Hitchin moduli space and hyperkähler geometry.

Smooth HP^2 bundle over S^4 with nontrivial A-genus found.

Study Kobayashi-Hitchin correspondence for special sheaves on Kähler manifolds.

We consider Hitchin's hyperkähler metric $g_{L^2}$ on the $SU(n)$-Hitchin moduli space moduli space over a compact Riemann surface. We prove that the difference between the metric $g_{L^2}$ and a simpler "semiflat" hyperkähler metric $g_{\mathrm{sf}}$ is exponentially-decaying along generic rays in the Hitchin moduli s…

We show that a Hitchin representation is determined by the spectral radii of the images of simple, non-separating closed curves. As a consequence, we classify isometries of the intersection function on Hitchin components of dimension 3 and on the self-dual Hitchin components in all dimensions. As an important tool in t…

Researchers simplified Hitchin component computation for orbifold groups.

This paper proves Hitchin moduli spaces are ALG gravitational instantons.

This paper is about geometric quantization of the Hitchin system. We quantize a Kahler form on the Hitchin moduli space (which is half the first Kahler form defined by Hitchin) by considering the Quillen bundle as the prequantum line bundle and modifying the Quillen metric using the Higgs field so that the curvature is…

In this paper we construct a Hitchin connection in a setting, which significantly generalizes the setting covered by the first author previously, which in turn was a generalisation of the moduli space case covered by Hitchin in his original work on the Hitchin connection. In fact, our construction provides a Hitchin co…

The abstract discusses rational approximations for Hitchin representations on surfaces.

Generic Hitchin representations avoid hyperplanes in Lie algebras.

Describes spectral data for singular fibres of a specific Hitchin system.

Study on Higgs bundles and hyperpolygon spaces using Hitchin metrics.

In this paper we calculate the curvature of the Hitchin connection. We further show that a slight (possibly trivial) modification of the Hitchin connection has curvature equal to an explict given multiple of the Weil-Petersen symplectic form on Teichmüller space.

Paper extends Kobayashi-Hitchin correspondence to non-Kähler manifolds.

New metrics derived from Hölder distortion on Hitchin components.

We define Hitchin's moduli space for a principal bundle $P$, whose structure group is a compact semisimple Lie group $K$, over a compact non-orientable Riemannian manifold $M$. We use the Donaldson-Corlette correspondence, which identifies Hitchin's moduli space with the moduli space of flat $K^\mathbb{C}$-connections,…

Sequences of Hitchin representations on surfaces are studied to describe their limits on trees.

Study on projective structures linked to Hitchin representations.

New insights into currents of Hitchin representations with combinatorial restrictions.

Goldman symplectic form and complex structure compatible on $\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb R)$ Hitchin component.

This is a review article on some applications of generalised parabolic structures to the study of torsion free sheaves and $L$-twisted Hitchin pairs on nodal curves. In particular, we survey on the relation between representations of the fundamental group of a nodal curve and the moduli spaces of generalised parabolic …