Study Higgs bundles on curves with punctures, extending spectral correspondence.
problem Classify Higgs bundles on punctured curves with logarithmic structures.
method Logarithmic Hecke compactification, spectral conditions, and sheaf classification.
result Logarithmic spectral correspondence extended to punctured curves.
Study quadratic one-forms on logarithmic Higgs bundles on pointed curves.
problem Quadratic one-forms on logarithmic Higgs bundles on pointed curves.
method Use elementary pole cancellation for invariant polynomials.
result Found a logarithmic quadratic one-form.
Paper generalizes Higgs bundle limits to parabolic setting.
problem Generalizing Higgs bundle limits to parabolic setting.
method Gauge theoretic construction of moduli space of parabolic Higgs bundles.
result Conformal limit always exists and defines holomorphic sections.
We prove a gluing theorem for solutions of Hitchin's self-duality equations with logarithmic singularities on a rank-2 vector bundle over a noded Riemann surface representing a boundary point of Teichmüller moduli space.
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.
On a complex manifold, a co-Higgs bundle is a holomorphic vector bundle with an endomorphism twisted by the tangent bundle. The notion of generalized holomorphic bundle in Hitchin's generalized geometry coincides with that of co-Higgs bundle when the generalized complex manifold is ordinary complex. Schwarzenberger's r…
Identifies images of determinant morphism for specific co-Higgs bundles.
problem Determining images of determinant morphism for co-Higgs bundles.
method Identifying images of the determinant morphism of trace-free co-Higgs bundles modeled on rank 2 Schwarzenberger bundles.
result Identified images of the determinant morphism for specific co-Higgs bundles.
Study finds conditions for minimum of Donaldson's functional on Higgs bundles with non-holomorphic Higgs fields.
problem Finding conditions for minimum of Donaldson's functional on Higgs bundles with non-holomorphic Higgs fields.
method Restriction of Donaldson's functional to diagonal metrics on Higgs bundles with non-holomorphic Higgs fields.
result Provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the functional to attain a minimum.
The paper extends orthogonal decomposition results to hermitian Higgs bundles.
problem Classical propositions on holomorphic vector bundles do not always extend to Higgs bundles.
method The approach involves extending propositions on orthogonal decompositions and the second fundamental form to hermitian Higgs bundles.
result Extended propositions concerning orthogonal decompositions and the second fundamental form have applications in Higgs bundles.
We study parabolic G-Higgs bundles over a compact Riemann surface with fixed punctures, when G is a real reductive Lie group, and establish a correspondence between these objects and representations of the fundamental group of the punctured surface in G with arbitrary holonomy around the punctures. Three interesting fe…
Generalizes Higgs bundles theory using a vector bundle twist.
problem Extending Higgs bundles theory to incorporate vector bundle twists.
method Defined a Hitchin map and spectral correspondence, stated Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence.
result Established a theory halfway between curve and higher-dimensional variety Higgs bundles.
Study on harmonic metrics for rank 3 Higgs bundles in Hitchin section.
problem Finding compatible harmonic metrics for rank 3 Higgs bundles in the Hitchin section.
method Defined a symmetric pairing and studied spectral curves as 2-sheeted branched coverings.
result Gave a condition for Higgs bundles on C or C∗ to have compatible harmonic metrics. The paper proves a new version of dimensional reduction in cohomological Donaldson-Thomas theory.
problem Proving a new version of dimensional reduction in cohomological Donaldson-Thomas theory.
method Using cohomological Donaldson-Thomas theory and loop stacks of 0-shifted symplectic stacks.
result Shows the BPS cohomology of loop stacks admits a description analogous to orbifold cohomology.
Study uses Vinberg pairs for Higgs bundles, revealing their role.
problem Understanding the role of Vinberg pairs in Higgs bundle theory.
method Exploring Vinberg pairs defined by cyclic gradings of a Lie algebra in Higgs bundle theory.
result Vinberg pairs play a significant role in Higgs bundle theory.
In this paper, we consider the gradient flow of the Yang-Mills-Higgs functional for Higgs pairs on a Hermitian vector bundle (E,H0) over a compact Kähler manifold (M,ω). We study the asymptotic behavior of the Yang-Mills-Higgs flow for Higgs pairs at infinity, and show that the limiting Higgs sheaf is isomorph…
New Poisson structures found on Higgs bundle moduli spaces.
problem Constructing Poisson structures on moduli spaces of Higgs bundles.
method Via Lie algebroids on stacky curves, focusing on parabolic Higgs bundles.
result Provides new examples of Poisson structures on moduli spaces.
We consider the gradient flow of the Yang-Mills-Higgs functional of twist Higgs pairs on a Hermitian vector bundle (E,H0) over a Riemann surface X. It is already known the gradient flow with initial data (A0,φ0) converges to a critical point (A∞,φ∞) of this functional. Using a modified Chern-Wei…
Classifies very stable Higgs bundles for complex groups.
problem Classifying Higgs bundles for arbitrary complex groups.
method Classification based on stability and Higgs field properties.
result Extends previous classification for GLn to arbitrary groups.
Diagonal metrics solve Hermitian-Einstein equations for decomposed Higgs bundles.
problem Existence of diagonal pluriharmonic metrics in G-Higgs bundles. method Analyzes Higgs bundles over compact Kähler manifolds, decomposes vector bundles, and uses torus action to relate stability and conditions.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of diagonal metrics solving Hermitian-Einstein equations.
Study very stable Higgs bundles on Riemann surfaces, linking to multiplicity and mirror symmetry.
problem Existence and properties of very stable Higgs bundles.
method Bialynicki-Birula theory, C∗-actions, Hecke transformations, Fourier-Mukai transforms. result Precise formula for multiplicity of very stable components of global nilpotent cone.
In this note, by using the Yang-Mills-Higgs flow, we show that semistable Higgs bundles with vanishing the first and second Chern numbers over compact Käher manifolds must admit a filtration whose quotients are Hermitian flat Higgs bundles.
We generalize the classical Beauville-Narasimhan-Ramanan correspondence to the case of parabolic Higgs bundles with regular singularities and Higgs V-bundles. Using this correspondence along with Bott-Morse theoretic techniques we provide an exact component count for moduli spaces of maximal parabolic $\text{Sp}\left…
Develops Lie-theoretic perspective on Hitchin's equations for cyclic G-Higgs bundles.
problem Analytic and geometric properties of harmonic maps.
method Lie-theoretic perspective on Hitchin's equations for cyclic G-Higgs bundles.
result Proves Dai-Li's conjecture on the monotonicity of the energy density and negative curvature conjecture for Coxeter cyclic G-Higgs bundles.
Defines and classifies toric co-Higgs bundles on projective toric varieties.
problem Classifying co-Higgs bundles on toric varieties.
method Using Klyachko's fan filtration and studying the co-Higgs bundle fiber at a closed point.
result Provides a Lie-theoretic classification of toric co-Higgs bundles.
We provide notions of numerical effectiveness and numerical flatness for Higgs vector bundles on compact Kähler manifolds in terms of fibre metrics. We prove several properties of bundles satisfying such conditions and in particular we show that numerically flat Higgs bundles have vanishing Chern classes, and that they…
We introduce the notion of Hermitian Higgs bundle as a natural generalization of the notion of Hermitian vector bundle and we study some vanishing theorems concerning Hermitian Higgs bundles when the base manifold is a compact complex manifold. We show that a first vanishing result, proved for these objects when the ba…
In this article, we study the Higgs vector bundles (E,θ) over a compact Calabi-Yau manifolds X. We use Yang-Mills-Higgs flow to prove that if a semistable Higgs bundle with vanishing Chern classes over a compact connected Calabi-Yau manifold, then the Higgs field θ is trivial. In particular, the vector bundle E…
The paper studies the moduli space of Higgs pairs and their geometric properties.
problem The moduli space of Higgs pairs and its geometric properties.
method Introduced τ-stability of Higgs pairs and established the Kobayashi-Hitchin correspondence. result Proved that the moduli space is a non-singular complex manifold for a suitable choice of τ. Study Poisson metrics on noncompact Kähler manifolds and their Higgs bundle applications.
problem Existence of Poisson metrics on flat vector bundles over noncompact Riemannian manifolds.
method Generalization of Corlette-Donaldson-Hitchin-Simpson's nonabelian Hodge correspondence to noncompact Kähler manifolds.
result Existence of Poisson metrics on Higgs bundles over noncompact Kähler manifolds.
We prove a Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence for extensions of Higgs bundles. The results generalize known results for extensions of holomorphic bundles. Using Simpson's methods, we construct moduli spaces of stable objects. In an appendix we construct Bott-Chern forms for Higgs bundles
Study families of flat connections with nilpotent Higgs fields, showing similar monodromy to regular Higgs bundles.
problem Investigate Cimes-families of flat connections with nilpotent Higgs fields. method Analyze families of flat connections including real twistor lines and conformal limits, deducing monodromy similarities.
result Traces of holonomies are asymptotically exponential in rational powers of the parameter of the family.
Study generalizes Hermitian-Einstein equation for cyclic Higgs bundles, proving existence and inequality.
problem Addressing Hermitian-Einstein equation for cyclic Higgs bundles.
method Introducing generalizations using subharmonic functions and proving existence, uniqueness, and convergence of heat equations.
result Existence, uniqueness, and convergence of solutions for heat equations.
Co-Higgs bundles are Higgs bundles in the sense of Simpson, but with Higgs fields that take values in the tangent bundle instead of the cotangent bundle. Given a vector bundle on P^1, we find necessary and sufficient conditions on its Grothendieck splitting for it to admit a stable Higgs field. We characterize the rank…
A new class of Higgs bundles is introduced in a natural setting. Existence and nonexistence results for Higgs-Hermitian-Yang-Mills metrics are proved.
Fix a C∞ principal G--bundle EG0 on a compact connected Riemann surface X, where G is a connected complex reductive linear algebraic group. We consider the gradient flow of the Yang--Mills--Higgs functional on the cotangent bundle of the space of all smooth connections on EG0. We prove that this f…
This paper generalizes a topological invariant to cyclic Higgs bundles.
problem Defining and studying a topological invariant for cyclic Higgs bundles.
method Using a complex semisimple Lie group and its Lie algebra, the authors construct special cyclic Higgs bundles and define a topological invariant.
result The authors generalize the definition and properties of the Toledo invariant to arbitrary (G0,g1⊕g1−m)-Higgs pairs. In this paper, we study Higgs bundles on non-compact Hermitian manifolds. Under some assumptions for the underlying Hermitian manifolds which are not necessarily Kähler, we solve the Hermitian-Einstein equation on analytically stable Higgs bundles.
Study shows unique harmonic metrics for certain Higgs bundles over non-compact surfaces.
problem Finding harmonic metrics for specific Higgs bundles.
method Generalized Kalka-Yang's theorem for non-compact hyperbolic surfaces to a coupled system.
result Generically regular nilpotent Higgs bundles admit unique maximal harmonic metrics.
Computes infinitesimal automorphisms for L-valued Higgs bundles, leading to DM stacks.
problem Computing infinitesimal automorphisms for Higgs bundles.
method Extending known results, using obstruction theory.
result Shows moduli stack of stable Higgs bundles is a DM stack.
In this paper, using Donaldson's heat flow, we show that the semi-stability of a Higgs bundle over a compact Kähler manifold implies the existence of approximate Hermitian-Einstein structure on the Higgs bundle.
Study Higgs bundles on smooth projective varieties and their restrictions to curves.
problem Interplay between Higgs bundles on smooth projective varieties and their restrictions to curves.
method Investigate the restriction map of Higgs bundles and study branes in moduli spaces.
result Interconnectedness of Higgs bundles and branes on smooth projective varieties and their restrictions.
Solves Dirichlet problem for generalized Hitchin's equation on cyclic Higgs bundles.
problem Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Dirichlet problem.
method Formulated using subharmonic functions; generalizes Hitchin's equation for diagonal harmonic metrics on cyclic Higgs bundles.
result Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Dirichlet problem.
We study the 2k-Hitchin equations introduced by Ward \cite{Ward 2} from the geometric viewpoint of Higgs bundles. After an introduction on Higgs bundles and 2k-Hitchin's equations, we review some elementary facts on complex geometry and Yang-Mills theory. Then we study some properties of holomorphic vector bundles …
Paper solves vortex equations on complex surfaces, linking to Higgs bundle stability.
problem Existence of solutions to doubly-coupled vortex equations on Riemann surfaces.
method Introduced doubly-coupled vortex equations and used Higgs bundle theory.
result Existence of solutions to vortex equations is equivalent to Higgs bundle stability.
We define homogeneous principal Higgs and co-Higgs bundles over irreducible Hermitian symmetric spaces of compact type. We provide a classification for each type of object up to isomorphism, which in each case can be interpreted as defining a moduli space.
Study nilpotent Higgs bundles and Calabi-Yau moduli metrics.
problem Understand nilpotent Higgs bundles and their metrics.
method Algebraic inequality for nilpotent matrices, geometric applications.
result Sharp upper bound of holomorphic sectional curvatures on Calabi-Yau moduli.
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
Defines and analyzes L2 norms on Higgs bundles over CP1.
problem Analyzing L2 norms on Higgs bundles with singularities. method Defines and analyzes a specific L2 norm on the moduli space of Higgs bundles over CP1 with certain singularities. result Proves that a limit of the defined metrics corresponds to the regulated L2 norm from Fredrickson-Neitzke's work.