The paper explores Higgs bundles and their moduli spaces on Riemann surfaces.
problem Developing the moduli theory of Higgs bundles and understanding their geometric properties.
method Establishing non-abelian Hodge correspondences and studying Hitchin fibration.
result Computing the Poincaré polynomial of rank 2 moduli space and verifying topological mirror symmetry.
Study on moduli spaces of Higgs bundles over Abelian varieties, focusing on their topology and polynomials.
problem Determine the topology and polynomials of moduli spaces of Higgs bundles over Abelian varieties.
method Analyzing the Poincaré polynomials and mixed Hodge polynomials of moduli spaces MAH(G) for various groups G and dimensions d. result Explicit formulas for Poincaré polynomials and mixed Hodge polynomials in specific cases, including rank 2 and 3 Higgs bundles.
Stable solutions to Yang-Mills-Higgs equations on spheres and tori identified.
problem Stable solutions to abelian Yang-Mills-Higgs equations on S2 and T2. method Reduction to vortex equations and application of Bourguignon-Lawson's method for stable SU(2) Yang-Mills connections. result Stable solutions to abelian Yang-Mills-Higgs equations on S2 and T2 are identified as satisfying vortex equations. We study topology change in (2+1)D gravity coupling with non-Abelian SO(2,1) Higgs field from the point of view of Morse theory. It is shown that the Higgs potential can be identified as a Morse function. The critical points of the latter (i.e. loci of change of the spacetime topology) coincide with zeros of the Higgs …
Paper proves injectivity of non-abelian X-ray transform on certain spaces.
problem Injectivity of non-abelian X-ray transform on asymptotically hyperbolic spaces.
method Gauge equivalence for unitary connections and skew-Hermitian Higgs fields.
result Injectivity result for non-abelian X-ray transform over skew-Hermitian Higgs fields.
We establish a connection between recent developments in the study of vortices in the abelian Higgs models, and in the theory of structure-preserving discrete conformal maps. We explain how both are related via conformal mapping problems involving prescribed linear combinations of the curvature and volume form, and sho…
Holomorphic Higgs bundles on Teichmüller space for surface groups.
problem Characterizing representations of surface groups admitting holomorphic Higgs data.
method Non-abelian Hodge correspondence, unitarity conditions, and existence proofs for higher ranks.
result Holomorphic dependency of Higgs data is equivalent to unitarity for SL(2,C) representations but fails for higher ranks. Study bounds the index of minimal submanifolds using energy measures and Yang-Mills-Higgs equations.
problem Bounding the index of codimension 2 minimal submanifolds.
method Second inner variation of energy, convergence of energy measures, and stress-energy tensors.
result Bound the Morse index of the submanifold by the index of critical points.
The paper studies minimal submanifolds from the abelian Higgs model, proving convergence of energy measures and currents.
problem Existence and properties of minimal submanifolds from the abelian Higgs model.
method Analyzes rescalings of the self-dual Yang-Mills-Higgs energy, showing convergence of energy measures and currents.
result Provides a variational construction of nontrivial critical points and proves the existence of stationary integral (n-2)-varifolds.
Study Higgs bundles and flat connections on quasi-regular Sasakian manifolds.
problem Investigate Higgs bundles and flat connections on compact Sasakian manifolds.
method Introduce quasi-regularity and regularity of vector bundles, relate to orbibundles, extend non-abelian Hodge correspondence.
result Extend non-abelian Hodge correspondence to quasi-regular Sasakian manifolds.
Researchers can retrieve Yang-Mills-Higgs fields from Minkowski space measurements.
problem Retrieving Yang-Mills-Higgs fields from active local measurements in Minkowski space.
method Exploiting non-linear wave interactions and Lie algebra structure.
result Yang-Mills-Higgs fields can be retrieved from source-to-solution data.
The moduli space metric and its Kahler potential for well-separated non-Abelian vortices are obtained in U(N) gauge theories with N Higgs fields in the fundamental representation.
Study of hyperkähler reduction on abelian varieties and toric manifolds.
problem Understanding hyperkähler reduction on specific manifolds.
method Lifts canonical Kähler reduction to hyperkähler, studies on abelian varieties and toric manifolds.
result Obtains decoupling result, variational characterisation, relation to K-stability, and proves existence and uniqueness under suitable assumptions. Study Higgs bundles with non-regular fibers for SO(4,C) and SL(2,C)XSL(2,C).
problem Understanding non-regular fibers in Hitchin fibrations.
method Examined Higgs bundles for non-compact real forms of SO(4,C) and SL(2,C)XSL(2,C).
result Found interesting examples of non-abelian spectral data.
New representation theory for surface groups to SO0(2,3).
problem Understanding representations of surface groups into special orthogonal groups.
method Non-maximal Anosov representations via Higgs bundles and non-Abelian Hodge correspondence.
result Generalization of Filip's result on weight 3 variation of Hodge structures.
This work connects Higgs bundles to Calabi-Yau manifolds via mirror symmetry.
problem Analyzing Higgs bundles associated with Calabi-Yau manifolds.
method Applying mirror symmetry and techniques from Hodge theory.
result Flat connections are gauge equivalent to opers, linking special functions.
Constructs hyperbolic affine spheres and Calabi-Yau metrics.
problem Constructing non-isometric Calabi-Yau metrics.
method Non-Abelian Hodge theory for parabolic Higgs bundles.
result Answers a question about Calabi-Yau metrics.
We explain how the generalized Milnor-Wood inequality for reductive representations of a cocompact complex-hyperbolic lattice into a Hermitian Lie group translates, under the non-abelian Hodge correspondence, into various kinds of Milnor-Wood inequalities for Higgs bundles. This clarifies the relation between the repre…
This survey studies equivariant harmonic maps arising from Higgs bundles. We explain the non-abelian Hodge correspondence and focus on the role of equivariant harmonic maps in the correspondence. With the preparation, we review current progress towards some open problems in the study of equivariant harmonic maps.
We give an overview of the work of Corlette, Donaldson, Hitchin and Simpson leading to the non-abelian Hodge theory correspondence between representations of the fundamental group of a surface and the moduli space of Higgs bundles. We then explain how this can be generalized to a correspondence between character variet…
Study finite group actions on Higgs bundle moduli spaces.
problem Describe fixed points of finite group actions on Higgs bundle moduli spaces.
method Use twisted Γ-equivariant bundles and Prym-Narasimhan-Ramanan construction.
result Provide description of fixed-point subvarieties of certain finite group actions on G-character varieties.
The paper studies Lagrangian structures in Higgs bundle moduli spaces and their conformal limits.
problem Understanding Lagrangian structures in Hitchin moduli space.
method Analyzing semistable and polystable Higgs bundles, focusing on the intersection with Lagrangian sublocus.
result The conformal limit of stable Higgs bundles on a specific Lagrangian sublocus exists under certain conditions.
Study on rank 2 Higgs bundles on 5-punctured sphere, proving P=W conjecture in lowest degree.
problem Proving the P=W conjecture for rank 2 Higgs bundles on a 5-punctured sphere. method Abelianization of Higgs bundles, fiducial solutions, and analysis of Fenchel--Nielsen co-ordinates.
result Proved the lowest degree weighted pieces of the P=W conjecture. M-theory compactified on G2-holonomy manifolds results in 4d N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories coupled to gravity. In this paper we focus on the gauge sector of such compactifications by studying the Higgs bundle obtained from a partially twisted 7d super Yang-Mills theory on a supersymmetric three-cycle…
Constructs moduli stacks for quiver connections and extends non-Abelian Hodge theory.
problem Extending non-Abelian Hodge theory to moduli stacks of quiver connections.
method Formalizes and constructs moduli stacks of bundles with λ-connections over prestacks.
result Shows moduli stacks are algebraic and locally of finite presentation when base is smooth and projective.
Study on GL(1∣1) Higgs bundles over Riemann surfaces.
problem Investigate the moduli space of GL(1∣1) Higgs bundles. method Explicit description of moduli space, study of Narasimhan-Seshadri theorem, nonabelian Hodge correspondence, Hitchin equations.
result Derive an explicit description of the moduli space and study its properties.
Study on vortex sheet formation in Abelian gauge theories.
problem Understanding vortex sheet formation in Abelian gauge theories.
method Inspired by Allard's regularity theory, constructs approximate solutions and analyzes their perturbations.
result Establishes a geometric framework and regularity theory for the limiting defect set.
Study real structures on Higgs pairs over Klein surfaces, proving a correspondence.
problem Real structures on Higgs pairs over Klein surfaces.
method Establish Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence, homeomorphism between moduli spaces.
result Real G-Higgs bundles appear as fixed points of involutions. We derive general expressions for the Kaehler form of the L^2-metric in terms of standard 2-forms on vortex moduli spaces. In the case of abelian vortices in gauged linear sigma-models, this allows us to compute explicitly the Kaehler class of the L^2-metric. As an application we compute the total volume of the moduli …
Through Cayley and Langlands type correspondences, we give a geometric description of the moduli spaces of real orthogonal and symplectic Higgs bundles of any signature in the regular fibres of the Hitchin fibration. As applications of our methods, we complete the concrete abelianization of real slices corresponding to…
The paper proves unique blow-down for critical points of a Yang-Mills-Higgs functional.
problem Proving uniqueness of blow-down for critical points of a Yang-Mills-Higgs functional.
method Using an Allard-type improvement of flatness to establish co-dimension-two analogue of Savin's theorem.
result Entire critical points have unique blow-down, two-dimensional in ambient dimensions 2-4 or any dimension assuming local minimizer.
Compact character varieties of punctured spheres are proven.
problem Compact relative SO0(2,q)-character varieties of punctured spheres. method Non-abelian Hodge correspondence and Geometric Invariant Theory (GIT).
result Proves the existence of compact, totally non-hyperbolic character varieties.
We consider the action of a finite subgroup of the mapping class group Mod(S) of an oriented compact surface S of genus g≥2 on the moduli space R(S,G) of representations of π1(S) in a connected semisimple real Lie group G. Kerckhoff's solution of the Nielsen realization problem ensures the e…
Introduces non-abelian Hodge correspondence linking algebraic structures to geometry.
problem None explicitly stated, focuses on introduction.
method Pedagogical introduction of concepts linking algebraic structures to geometry.
result Explains the non-abelian Hodge correspondence and its connections.
The paper constructs solutions for Higgs fields on a 4-punctured sphere.
problem Constructing self-duality solutions for Higgs fields on a 4-punctured sphere.
method Complex analytic methods, twistor approach, λ-connections interpretation.
result Identifies the rescaled limit hyper-Kähler moduli space at t=0.
The paper classifies Lie algebroids and their connections, modulating principal objects.
problem Classifying and studying Lie algebroids and their connections.
method Classifying integrable transitive Lie algebroids, introducing Higgs bundles, and using Tannakian categories.
result Moduli spaces of principal \(G\)-bundles and Higgs bundles are semiprojective varieties.
Higgs bundles and non-abelian Hodge theory provide holomorphic methods with which to study the moduli spaces of surface group representations in a reductive Lie group G. In this paper we survey the case in which G is the isometry group of a classical Hermitian symmetric space of non-compact type. Using Morse theory on …
We review our recent work on solitons in the Higgs phase. We use U(N_C) gauge theory with N_F Higgs scalar fields in the fundamental representation, which can be extended to possess eight supercharges. We propose the moduli matrix as a fundamental tool to exhaust all BPS solutions, and to characterize all possible modu…
Constructs diffeological moduli stacks for Higgs and flat bundles on Kähler manifolds
problem Establishing an equivalence between diffeological substacks of Higgs and flat bundles
method Using diffeological moduli stacks
result Shows equivalence of categories between semistable Higgs bundles and flat bundles
In this paper we explain how non-abelian Hodge theory allows one to compute the L2 cohomology or middle perversity higher direct images of harmonic bundles and twistor D-modules in a purely algebraic manner. Our main result is a new algebraic description for the fiberwise L2 cohomology of a tame harmonic bundle o…
Reformulates binary classification on manifolds using Yang-Mills-Higgs theory.
problem Binary classification on non-contractible spaces.
method Formulates binary classification as a Yang-Mills-Higgs variational problem, encoding data as a functor.
result Reveals a geometric interpretation of binary classification and solves XOR on the torus.
Paper extends Hodge correspondence to singular Kähler spaces.
problem Establishing Hodge correspondence over Kähler spaces with singularities.
method Using equivalence of polystable Higgs bundles and semi-simple flat bundles over regular loci, and descent theorem for semistable Higgs bundles.
result Non-abelian Hodge correspondence established over compact Kähler klt spaces and their regular loci.
We consider the vortex equations for a U(n) gauge field coupled to a Higgs field with values on the n times n square matrices. It is known that when these equations are defined on a compact Riemann surface, their moduli space of solutions is closely related to a moduli space of tau-stable holomorphic n-pairs on that su…
Develops relative harmonic metrics and deformation theory for Higgs and flat bundles on compact Kähler manifolds.
problem Analyzing harmonic metrics and deformations on Higgs and flat bundles on compact Kähler manifolds.
method Relative analytic theory, Sobolev completions, elliptic regularity, normalized gluing, plotwise smoothness, heat flow, harmonic filtrations, obstruction theory.
result Global smooth harmonic metrics exist for smooth stable Higgs families under certain conditions, and this theory extends to reduced singular parameter spaces.
This research connects Higgs bundles to projective structures via conformal limits.
problem Mapping Higgs bundles to projective structures.
method Using non-abelian Hodge correspondence and conformal limit.
result The family of connections in the conformal limit can be understood as complex projective structures.
Study describes moduli spaces of flat bundles on Sasakian manifolds.
problem Understanding moduli spaces of flat bundles on Sasakian manifolds.
method Shows moduli space of simple flat bundles is a union of spaces with fixed basic structures.
result Detailed description of non-abelian Hodge correspondence on compact Sasakian manifolds.
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. In this expository review we discuss various aspects of gauge theory. While the focus is on mathematics, wherever possible we make contact with theoretical high energy physics. Particular emphasis is placed on instantons and monopoles, which admit physical interpretation, and yield interesting and nontrivial mathematic…