Non-abelian Hodge theory for algebraic curves in characteristic \(p\) (Q903077)

Let \(C\) be a Riemann surface, and \(G_c\) be a compact Lie group with its complexification \(G\). In this case, one gets a bijection between stable \(G\)-Higgs bundles with vanishing Chern classes and irreducible \(G\)-local systems on \(C\). This is what \textit{C. T. Simpson} called in [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 75, 5--95 (1992; Zbl 0814.32003)] the non-abelian Hodge theory for \(C\). In the present paper the authors try to establish the non-abelian Hodge theory in characteristic \(p>0\) in the following way. Let \(G\) be a reductive group over an algebraically closed field \(k\) of characteristic \(p\), and \(C\) be a smooth projective curve over \(k\) with \(C'\) its Frobenius twist. They give a description of the moduli space of flat \(G\)-bundles in terms of that of \(G\)-Higgs bundles over \(C'\).