Perspectives on the asymptotic geometry of the Hitchin moduli space (Q2633035)

In this survey article the author reviews recent progress on the study of the asymptotic geometry of the moduli space $\mathcal{M}$ of solutions to the Hitchin equations. This space is equipped with the structure of a hyper-Kähler manifold with an $L^{2}$-metric $g_{\mathcal{M}}$. Additionally, $\mathcal{M}$ is an algebraic completely integrable system providing the existence of a semiflat metric $g_{\mathrm{sf}}$, which is smooth on the regular locus $\mathcal{M}'$. \par The author provides the necessary background on the nonabelian Hodge correspondence and the hyper-Kähler structure of the Hitchin moduli space, and addresses the Gaiotto-Moore-Neitzke conjectural description of the metric $g_{\mathcal{M}}$; a weak form of this conjecture for the $\text{SU}\left( 2 \right)$-Hitchin moduli space states that the hyper-Kähler $L^{2}$-metric on $\mathcal{M}'$ admits an expansion as \[ g_{\mathcal{M}}=g_{\mathrm{sf}}+O\left(e^{-4Mt}\right) \] as $t\to \infty $, in other words, the difference between the two asserted metrics decays exponentially in $t$. The main ideas towards proving the conjecture are reviewed from the articles of \textit{R. Mazzeo} et al. [Commun. Math. Phys. 367, No. 1, 151--191 (2019; Zbl 1409.14024)], \textit{D. Dumas} and \textit{A. Neitzke} [Commun. Math. Phys. 367, No. 1, 127--150 (2019; Zbl 1417.53053)] and the author [``Exponential decay for the asymptotic geometry of the Hitchin metric'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1810.01554}].