arXiv research

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

The Hitchin flow constructs eight-dimensional Riemannian manifolds (M,g) with holonomy in Spin(7) starting with a cocalibrated G_2-structure on a seven-dimensional manifold. As Sp(2)\subseteq SU(4)\subseteq Spin(7), one may also obtain Calabi-Yau fourfolds or hyperKähler manifolds via the Hitchin flow. In this paper, w…

In this article we give a geometric interpretation of the Hitchin component for PSL(4,R) in the representation variety of a closed oriented surface of higher genus. We show that representations in the Hitchin component are precisely the holonomy representations of properly convex foliated projective structures on the u…

Study on projective structures linked to Hitchin representations.

The study describes the geometry of surfaces and their representations in SL(3,R).

We investigate left-invariant Hitchin and hypo flows on $5$-, $6$- and $7$-dimensional Lie groups. They provide Riemannian cohomogeneity-one manifolds of one dimension higher with holonomy contained in $SU(3)$, $G_2$ and $Spin(7)$, respectively, which are in general geodesically incomplete. Generalizing results of Cont…

Holomorphic map connects Hitchin components to character varieties.

Study on projective structures and their foliations on surfaces.

Study complex quaternionic manifolds and their c-projective structures.

Minimal surfaces linked to Higgs bundles in pseudo-hyperbolic spaces.

New representations of hyperbolic 3-manifold groups into larger groups.

Geometric structures defined for $G_2'$-Hitchin component on surfaces.

In this paper, we investigate the geometry of asymptotically flat manifolds with controlled holonomy. We show that any end of such manifold admits a torus fibration over an ALE end. In addition, we prove a Hitchin-Thorpe inequality for oriented Ricci-flat $4$-manifolds with curvature decay and controlled holonomy. As a…

In 1990, Hitchin's proved a component of the space of representations of a surface group in SL(n,R) is homeomorphic to a ball. For n=2,3 this component has been identified with the holonomies of geometric structures (hyperbolic for n=2, or real projective for n=3). In the preprint "Anosov flows, Surface groups and Curv…

New criterion for Ricci-flat manifolds with non-vanishing Rosenberg index.

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…

Necessary and sufficient conditions to the existence of a hermitian connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion and holonomy contained in SU(3) are given. Non-compact solution to the supergravity-type I equations of motion with non-zero flux and non-constant dilaton is found in dimensions 6. Non-conformally flat non…

Formula derived for enclosed volume of CMC surfaces in 3-sphere.

We find G2-manifolds with specific asymptotic properties.

Study surface subgroups acting on projective space, finding bending laminations and spheres.

We propose a construction of Skyrme fields from holonomy of the spin connection of gravitational instantons. The procedure is implemented for Atiyah-Hitchin and Taub-NUT instantons. The skyrmion resulting from the Taub-NUT is given explicitly on the space of orbits of a left translation inside the whole isometry group.…

Cocalibrated G_2-structures and cocalibrated G_2^*-structures are the natural initial values for Hitchin's evolution equations whose solutions define (pseudo)-Riemannian manifolds with holonomy group contained in Spin(7) or Spin_0(3,4), respectively. In this article, we classify which seven-dimensional real Lie algebra…

In this article we introduce the notion of Polyhedral Kahler manifolds, even dimensional polyhedral manifolds with unitary holonomy. We concentrate on the 4-dimensional case, prove that such manifolds are smooth complex surfaces, and classify the singularities of the metric. The singularities form a divisor and the res…

We provide a Geometric Quantisation formulation of the AJ-conjecture for the Teichmüller TQFT, and we prove it in detail in the case of the knot complements of $4_{1}$ and $5_2$. The conjecture states that the level-$N$ Andersen-Kashaev invariant, $J^{(\mathrm{b},N)}_{M,K}$, is annihilated by the non-homogeneous $\hat{…

Given a Riemann surface $X = (Σ, J)$ we find an expression for the dominant term for the asymptotics of the holonomy of opers over that Riemann surface corresponding to rays in the Hitchin base of the form $(0,0,\cdots,tω_n)$. Moreover, we find an associated equivariant map from the universal cover $(\tildeΣ,\tilde{J})…

We define a Poisson Algebra called the {\em swapping algebra} using the intersection of curves in the disk. We interpret a subalgebra of the fraction algebra of the swapping algebra -- called the {\em algebra of multifractions} -- as an algebra of functions on the space of cross ratios and thus as an algebra of functio…

In this paper, we study the geometric and dynamical properties of maximal representations of surface groups into Hermitian Lie groups of rank 2. Combining tools from Higgs bundle theory, the theory of Anosov representations, and pseudo-Riemannian geometry, we obtain various results of interest. We prove that these repr…

Surveying Hitchin representations of Fuchsian groups.

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

It was proven by Hitchin that any solution of his evolution equations for a half-flat SU(3)-structure on a compact six-manifold M defines an extension of M to a seven-manifold with holonomy in G_2. We give a new proof, which does not require the compactness of M. More generally, we prove that the evolution of any half-…

Computes dimensions of representation and character varieties for 2 and 3-dimensional orbifolds.

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

Generic Hitchin representations generate dense subgroups.

New estimates for Hitchin's equations at high energy.

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

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

Study pressure metrics for cusped Hitchin representations.

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.

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…

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.