Harmonic superconformal maps of surfaces in \(\mathbb{H}^n\) (Q1602462)

The class of harmonic superconformal maps from Riemann surfaces into real hyperbolic spaces is considered and harmonic sequences are constructed for these maps. The author uses this class of maps to obtain a rigidity result for such maps and to construct primitive lifts in an auxiliary flag space. It is also shown that superconformal harmonic maps into \(\mathbb{H}^{2m}\) and \(\mathbb{H}^{2m-1}\) are locally described by 2D-affine Toda fields associated with the pair \((\text{so}(2m+1, \mathbb{C}),\sigma)\) where \(\sigma\) is the involution determined by the non-compact real form \(\text{so} (1,2m)\). The author begins the study of harmonic superconformal maps from non-compact connected Riemann surfaces into the real \(n\)-dimensional hyperbolic space \(\mathbb{H}^n\) of curvature \(-1\). This class of maps can be regarded as the natural counterpart of the harmonic superconformal maps of surfaces into Euclidean spheres \(S^n\) considered by J. Bolton and F. Pedit.