Parametrization of the moduli space of flat SL(2,R) connections on the torus

DOI10.1023/A:1015574209985MaRDI QIDQ1609424zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. E. Nelson, Roger Picken

Publication date 15 August 2002

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0105015

zbMATH Keywords

flat connectionsmoduli spacetorus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Symplectic structures of moduli spaces (53D30)

Abstract: The moduli space of flat SL(2,R)-connections modulo gauge transformations on the torus may be described by ordered pairs of commuting SL(2,R) matrices modulo simultaneous conjugation by SL(2,R) matrices. Their spectral properties allow a classification of the equivalence classes, and a unique canonical form is given for each of these. In this way the moduli space becomes explicitly parametrized, and has a simple structure, resembling that of a cell complex, allowing it to be depicted. Finally, a Hausdorff topology based on this classification and parametrization is proposed.

Review text

The main result concerns the moduli space of flat \(\text{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})\)-connections on the torus. The main tool is identification of this space with \(\Hom (\mathbb{Z}^2,G)/G\) where \(G= \text{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})\) acts by conjugation and \(\mathbb{Z}^2\) is a free abelian group of rank 2. Moreover the authors parametrize it using spectral properties of certain \(2\times 2\)-matrices. In particular, a Hausdorff topology based on the above is proposed.

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