Kähler metric on the space of convex real projective structures on surface (Q2358669)

It has been conjectured for a long time that the Hitchin component admits a mapping class group invariant Kähler metric. The authors study this problem in the setting of surfaces. More precisely, they prove the Hitchin component of the character variety \(\chi (\pi_1(S), SL(3,\mathbb R))\) can be equipped with a mapping class group invariant Kähler metric where \(S\) is a closed surface of genus \(\geq 2\). Furthermore, let \(\mathcal T\) be the Teichmüller space of complex structures \(\Sigma_t\) on \(S\) with the holomorphic tangent space given by \(H^{(0,1)}(\Sigma_t,{\mathcal K}^{-1})\) at each \(t\in {\mathcal T}\), where \({\mathcal K}^{-1}\) is the tangent line bundle. If \(\mathcal T\) is equipped with the mapping class group invariant Weil-Petersson metric and the Hitchin component \(\chi_H(\pi_1(S), SL(3,\mathbb R))\) of the character variety is equipped with the mapping class group invariant Kähler metric as above then \(\mathcal T\) is a totally geodesic submanifold of \(\chi _H(\pi_1(S), SL(3,\mathbb R))\).