Hitchin systems, higher Gaudin operators and \(R\)-matrices (Q1815213)

The authors adapt Hitchin's systems to the case of a punctured curve. In the case of \(\mathbb{C} P^1\) and \(\text{SL}_n\)-bundles, they are equivalent to systems studied by Garnier. The corresponding quantum systems were identified by several authors with Gaudin systems. The authors give a formula for the higher Gaudin operators, using results on the center of the enveloping algebras of affine algebras at the critical level. Finally they construct a dynamical \(r\)-matrix for Hitchin systems for a punctured elliptic curve, and \(\text{GL}_n\)-bundles, and \((\text{for }n=2)\) the corresponding quantum system.