Harmonic metrics for the Hull-Strominger system and stability (Q6573205)

The Hull-Strominger system of partial differential equations was proposed in [\textit{J.-X. Fu} and \textit{S.-T. Yau}, J. Differ. Geom. 78, No. 3, 369--428 (2008; Zbl 1141.53036); \textit{J. Li} and \textit{S. Yau}, J. Differ. Geom. 70, No. 1, 143--181 (2005; Zbl 1102.53052)] as a geometrization tool for understanding the moduli space of algebraic Calabi-Yau threefolds with topology change. The basic geometric data underlying a solution are given by a Calabi-Yau manifold \(X\), possibly non-Kähler, and a holomorphic vector bundle over it satisfying a suitable topological constraint. \N\NThe aim of this paper is to investigate stability conditions related to the existence of solutions of the Hull-Strominger system with prescribed balanced class of the solution in the Bott-Chern cohomology of \(X\). The authors build on recent work where the Hull-Strominger system is recasted using non-Hermitian Yang-Mills connections and holomorphic Courant algebroids. Their main new tool is a notion of harmonic metric for the Hull-Strominger system, motivated by an infinite-dimensional hyper-Kähler moment map and related to a numerical stability condition, which they expect to exist for families of solutions. They illustrate their theory with an infinite number of continuous families of examples on the Iwasawa manifold. \N\NThis work consists of the following parts. Section 1 is an introduction to the subject and statement of results. Sections 2 is devoted to the Hull-Strominger system, Hermitian-Einstein metrics and the Kähler property vs. slope stability. Section 3 deals with hyper-Kähler moment maps, harmonic metrics, stability and Higgs fields and non-holomorphic Higgs fields. Sections 4 is devoted to some examples concerning a family of solutions on the Iwasawa manifold, existence of harmonic metrics and Higgs fields on the Iwasawa manifold.