The orbit structure of Dynkin curves. (Q2642279)

Let \(G\) be a simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field. Assume the characteristic is zero or good. Let \(e\) be a subregular nilpotent element of the Lie algebra of a Borel group \(B\). Its Springer fibre is a union of projective lines, known as a Dynkin curve. There is an action of the centralizer \(C_G(e)\) on this Dynkin curve. The authors determine in what cases \(C_G(e)\) acts with finitely many orbits, or when it acts trivially. The projective lines that make up a Dynkin curve each have a simple root as type and the answer is given type by type. By Spaltenstein these results imply answers to similar questions for the action of \(B\) on the orbital varieties associated to \(e\).