Quantum cohomology of the moduli space of stable bundles over a Riemann surface (Q1974931)

Starting from a compact Riemann surface \(\Sigma\) (respectively an algebraic curve) of genus \(g\geq 2\) and a fixed line bundle \(\Lambda\) on \(\Sigma\) of degree 1 the quantum cohomology ring \(QH^*(M_\Sigma)\) of the moduli space \(M_{\Sigma}\) of rank-2 stable vector bundles on \(\Sigma\) with determinant \(\Lambda\) is determined. A presentation of \(QH^*(M_\Sigma)\) is given and it is shown that this ring is isomorphic to the instanton Floer cohomology \(HF^*(\Sigma\times S^1)\) of the 3-manifold \(\Sigma\times S^1\). As one of the main ingredients the \(SP(2g,\mathbb Z)\)-decomposition of the usual cohomology \(H^*(M_\Sigma)\) under the action of the mapping class group of \(\Sigma\) appears. The cases \(g=1\) and \(g=2\) need separate considerations. They are also given in this article.