Study on projective structures linked to Hitchin representations.
problem Understanding the topology and geometric properties of projective structures.
method Using gauge theory, flat bundles, Higgs bundles, and geometric constructions.
result Some projective structures are fibered in a standard way.
The paper constructs a Hitchin connection for a broad class of Kähler structures.
problem Developing a Hitchin connection for a large class of Kähler structures.
method Generalizing previous work, the paper constructs a Hitchin connection on the space of compatible complex structures on arbitrary symplectic manifolds.
result The constructed Hitchin connection is a partial connection on the tangent space of compatible complex structures, defined in a neighborhood of natural families of complex structures.
Real projective surfaces with Hitchin holonomy can be related via grafting.
problem Real projective surfaces with Hitchin holonomy.
method Defining graftable curves and constructing them in the Hitchin case.
result Real projective structures with the same Hitchin holonomy are related via multi-graftings.
Study Liouville currents for Hitchin representations using root flows.
problem Understanding Liouville currents in Hitchin representations.
method Investigate simple root flows and Liouville currents.
result Derive a Liouville volume rigidity result and construct a Liouville pressure metric.
Explains a 1978 construction for Yang-Mills instantons.
problem None explicitly stated; focuses on explaining a construction.
method Atiyah-Drinfeld-Hitchin-Manin construction
result Explains the ADHM construction of Yang-Mills instantons.
We consider the moduli space of polystable L-twisted G-Higgs bundles over a compact Riemann surface X, where G is a real reductive Lie group, and L is a holomorphic line bundle over X. Evaluating the Higgs field at a basis of the ring of polynomial invariants of the isotropy representation, one defines the …
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…
Paper describes integrable structure of Hitchin moduli spaces.
problem Integrable structure of Hitchin moduli spaces.
method Explicit parameterizations and Separation of Variables method.
result Clear analogy with Drinfeld's geometric Langlands correspondence.
Proves a simplified version of Hitchin's theorem.
problem Constructing hyper-Kähler structures.
method Concrete variant of Hitchin's theorem.
result Applies to real manifolds without constructing hyper-Kähler structures.
Gravitational instantons are constructed as superpositions of Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT geometries.
problem Constructing gravitational instantons from Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT geometries.
method A gluing construction that captures the superposition of moduli spaces of centred SU(2) monopoles and Taub-NUT manifolds.
result Gravitational instantons are explicitly shown to be superpositions of Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT geometries.
New examples of structures found using twistor space.
problem Finding non-trivial generalized paracomplex structures.
method Twistor space construction scheme.
result Non-trivial examples of generalized paracomplex structures constructed.
This paper shows connections between two complex mathematical theories are equivalent.
problem Establishing equivalence between two complex mathematical theories.
method Using geometric quantisation and conformal field theory, the paper establishes equivalence between the Hitchin connection and the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connection.
result The Hitchin and Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov connections are projectively equivalent in genus zero.
We establish that Hitchin's connection exist for any rigid holomorphic family of Kahler structures on any compact pre-quantizable symplectic manifold which satisfies certain simple topological constraints. Using Toeplitz operators we prove that Hitchin's connection induces a unique formal connection on smooth functions…
Study of a basic Hitchin equation on Sasakian 3-folds, showing hyperKähler metric.
problem Understanding moduli spaces of the basic Hitchin equation on Sasakian 3-folds.
method Construction of moduli space and calculation of its dimension.
result Moduli space admits a hyperKähler metric.
In 1992, Hitchin used his theory of Higgs bundles to construct an important family of representations of the fundamental group of a closed, oriented surface of genus at least two into the split real form of a complex adjoint simple Lie group. These Hitchin representations comprise a component of the space of conjugacy …
Paper fills in technical details for Hitchin's self-duality equations proof.
problem Existence of solutions to Hitchin's self-duality equations.
method Reduction to minimizing energy functional, Coulomb gauge construction.
result Smooth solution constructed using unitary gauge transformation.
Study of energy functional on Deligne-Hitchin moduli space sections.
problem Understanding energy functionals on sections of Deligne-Hitchin moduli space.
method Generalizes energy of equivariant harmonic maps to holomorphic sections, links to meromorphic connections, and uses Willmore energy analogy.
result Shows functional is essentially Willmore energy for certain sections, distinguishes new components from twistor lines.
Defines and parametrizes sl(2)-type singular fibres in symplectic and odd orthogonal Hitchin systems.
problem Characterizing and understanding singular fibres in Hitchin systems.
method Stratification by semi-abelian spectral data, study of irreducible components, global description of degenerations.
result Extension of Langlands duality to sl(2)-type Hitchin fibres. Constructs a new geometric structure on surfaces to generalize Teichmüller theory.
problem Exploring new geometric structures in Teichmüller theory.
method Uses the punctual Hilbert scheme of the plane to construct a higher complex structure and explores its properties.
result Establishes a canonical diffeomorphism between the moduli space of higher complex structures and Hitchin's component.
New flows defined on Hitchin components for PGL(V).
problem Understanding dynamics on Hitchin components.
method Define and analyze new flows on Hitchin components.
result Construct a global coordinate system on the Hitchin component.
N. Hitchin recently introduced the notion of folded hyperKähler metrics, in relation with SL(\infty,R) Higgs bundles. We provide a construction of such metrics, and prove the local existence of the Hitchin component for SL(\infty,R).
Characterizes flag geometries for Hitchin representations in SL3(R).
problem Understanding flag geometries associated with Hitchin representations in SL3(R).
method Geometric characterization based on invariant foliations and refraction flows.
result Constructs refraction flows for positive roots in general sl_n(R), with highest root flows being C^1+α.
The Legendre transform and its generalizations, originally found in supersymmetric sigma-models, are techniques that can be used to give constructions of hyperkahler metrics. We give a twistor space interpretation to the generalizations of the Legendre transform construction. The Atiyah-Hitchin metric on the moduli spa…
We construct a geometric, real analytic parametrization of the Hitchin component Hit_n(S) of the PSL_n(R)-character variety R_{PSL_n(R)}(S) of a closed surface S. The approach is explicit and constructive. In essence, our parametrization is an extension of Thurston's shear coordinates for the Teichmueller space of a cl…
Using the work of Bonahon-Dreyer and Fock-Goncharov, one can construct a real-analytic parameterization for the PSL(n,R) Hitchin component of a surface S, that is explicitly analogous to the Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates on the Teichmuller space of S. Given a Hitchin representation, we give a lower bound on the "length" …
Visible Lagrangians in Hitchin systems are studied for pillowcase covers.
problem Visible Lagrangians in Hitchin systems intersecting non-trivially.
method Computation of Fourier-Mukai transforms and study of mirror dual branes.
result Mirror dual branes are closely related to Hausel's toy model.
Canonical maps connect complex structures to Hitchin components.
problem Connecting higher complex structures to Hitchin components.
method Equivariant vector bundle construction and canonical isomorphisms.
result Canonical diffeomorphisms between spaces of higher complex structures and Hitchin components.
Projectivized bundles inherit positive curvature from base Kähler manifolds.
problem Generalizing Hitchin's construction to projectivized bundles.
method Constructing Kähler metrics on projectivized bundles.
result Projectivized bundles P(E) inherit positive holomorphic sectional curvature. Study on Higgs bundles and hyperpolygon spaces using Hitchin metrics.
problem Investigating the Hitchin metric on moduli spaces of Higgs bundles.
method Using Hitchin hyperkähler metric and parabolic Deligne-Hitchin moduli space.
result Rescaled Hitchin metric converges to hyperpolygon space's hyperkähler metric in the semiclassical limit.
This is the first in a series of papers in which we develop a twistor-based method of constructing hyperkaehler metrics from holomorphic functions and elliptic curves. As an application, we revisit the Atiyah-Hitchin manifold and derive in an explicit holomorphic coordinate basis closed-form formulas for, among other t…
Constructs approximate solutions for Higgs bundles, useful for moduli space geometry.
problem Understanding the asymptotic geometry of the Hitchin moduli space.
method Gluing methods to construct families of approximate solutions.
result Explicit approximate solutions differing from actual metrics by exponentially small error terms.
Floating geodesic planes in Hitchin manifolds have fractal closures with non-integer dimensions.
problem Rigidity of geodesic planes in Hitchin manifolds.
method Constructing a specific surface group and analyzing its action on the Hitchin manifold.
result Existence of floating geodesic planes in Hitchin manifolds with fractal closures.
Study the geometry of twistor spaces with rotating circle action.
problem Holomorphic symplectic geometry of twistor spaces.
method Interpreting Hitchin's meromorphic connection and studying critical points of moment maps.
result Residue of Hitchin's meromorphic connection serves as a moment map for the circle action.
We prove that given a Hitchin representation in a real split rank 2 group G0, there exists a unique equivariant minimal surface in the corresponding symmetric space. As a corollary, we obtain a parametrization of the Hitchin components by a Hermitian bundle over Teichmüller space. The proof goes through intr…
Study compares two pseudo-Kähler structures on a specific mathematical component.
problem Comparing two pseudo-Kähler structures on the SL(3,R)-Hitchin component. method Examined Rungi-Tamburelli's ωf and Goldman's ωG forms, and aligned Killing forms. result Rungi-Tamburelli's semi-pseudo-Kähler structure is non-degenerate and matches another structure after normalization.
In this paper, we will provide a review of the geometric construction, proposed by Witten, of the SU(n) quantum representations of the mapping class groups which are part of the Reshetikhin-Turaev TQFT for the quantum group U_q(sl(n, C)). In particular, we recall the differential geometric construction of Hitchin's pro…
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 KC-connections,…
Study of limiting configurations for SU(1,2) Hitchin equation solutions.
problem Analyzing the behavior of solutions to the Hitchin equation for SU(1,2) Higgs bundles.
method Gluing construction and analysis of spectral data, focusing on limiting configurations.
result The limiting behavior of solutions is described by a metric on a Hecke modification of V singular at D. Paper constructs counterexamples of higher solutions to self-duality equations.
problem Whether all real sections give rise to global solutions of self-duality equations.
method Using Willmore surfaces and generalized Whitham flow.
result Higher solutions exist on an open dense subset of the Riemann surface, not globally.
New hyper-Kähler manifolds found from Riemann surfaces.
problem Existence of new hyper-Kähler manifolds.
method Real projective structures on Riemann surfaces, twistorial construction.
result Existence of new components of real holomorphic sections.
We provide a geometric construction of the unitary structure which is projectively preserved by the Hitchin connection. We analyze the asymptotic behavior of it and we establish that it is uniformly in the level equivalent to the Hermitian structure induced by the L2 inner product on smooth sections.
We give a differential geometric construction of a connection in the bundle of quantum Hilbert spaces arising from half-form corrected geometric quantization of a prequantizable, symplectic manifold, endowed with a rigid, family of Kähler structures, all of which give vanishing first Dolbeault cohomology groups. In [An…
The study finds non-uniform lattices with thin Hitchin representations in specific Lie groups.
problem Finding thin Hitchin representations in non-uniform lattices of Lie groups.
method Arithmetic methods to construct thin Hitchin representations.
result Infinitely many orbits of thin Hitchin representations in non-uniform lattices.
3D gravity reformulated in 6D Hitchin theory.
problem Formulating 3D gravity in a new 6D context.
method Reduction of 6D Hitchin theory to 3D gravity.
result 3D gravity emerges from 6D Hitchin theory.
New geometric structures on surfaces generalize complex and real Lie algebra properties.
problem Generalizing geometric structures associated with Lie algebras.
method Define and analyze generalizations of punctual Hilbert schemes for complex and real Lie algebras.
result Construct geometric structures homeomorphic to Hitchin components.
Constructs an asymptotic metric for moduli space of centred hyperbolic monopoles.
problem Analyzing the moduli space of centred hyperbolic monopoles.
method Point particle approximation and geodesic motion analysis.
result Obtains a hyperbolic analogue of negative mass Taub-NUT metric.
We present a sigma model field theoretic realization of Hitchin's generalized complex geometry, which recently has been shown to be relevant in compactifications of superstring theory with fluxes. Hitchin sigma model is closely related to the well known Poisson sigma model, of which it has the same field content. The c…
Authors compute monodromy groups for SL(n) and GL(n) Hitchin fibrations.
problem Computing monodromy groups for Higgs bundles on Riemann surfaces.
method Using spectral curves and Picard-Lefschetz transformations, they construct and classify vanishing lattices.
result They determine the structure of monodromy groups for SL(n) and GL(n) Hitchin fibrations.