Branes and moduli spaces of Higgs bundles on smooth projective varieties

DOI10.1007/S40687-021-00286-ZMaRDI QIDQ2050852zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Indranil Biswas, Sebastian Heller, Laura P. Schaposnik

Publication date 1 September 2021

Published in Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.02564

zbMATH Keywords

branesconnectionHiggs bundlehyperkähler manifoldtwistor space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Relationships between algebraic curves and integrable systems (14H70) Holomorphic symplectic varieties, hyper-Kähler varieties (14J42) Twistor theory, double fibrations (complex-analytic aspects) (32L25) Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55)

Abstract: Given a smooth complex projective variety $M$ and a smooth closed curve $XsubsetM$ such that the homomorphism of fundamental groups $p{i}_1(X)ightarrowp{i}_1(M)$ is surjective, we study the restriction map of Higgs bundles, namely from Higgs bundles on $M$ to those on $X$. In particular, we investigate the interplay between this restriction map and various types of branes contained in the moduli spaces of Higgs bundles on $M$ and $X$. We also consider the set-up where a finite group is acting on $M$ via holomorphic automorphisms or anti-holomorphic involutions, and the curve $X$ is preserved by the action. Branes are studied in this context.

Review text

Let \(M\) be a smooth complex projective variety and \(X\subset M\) a smooth closed curve such that the homomorphism of fundamental groups \(\pi_1(X)\longrightarrow\pi_1(M)\) is surjective. The aim of this paper is to study the restriction map of Higgs bundles, namely from the Higgs bundles on \(M\) to those on \(X\). In particular, the authors investigate the interplay between this restriction map and various types of branes contained in the moduli spaces of Higgs bundles on \(M\) and \(X\). They also consider the setup where a finite group is acting on \(M\) via holomorphic automorphisms or anti-holomorphic involutions, and the curve \(X\) is preserved by this action. Branes are studied in this context. This paper is organized as follows: Section 1, is an introduction to the subject and a description of the results obtained. Section 2 deals with nonabelian Hodge theory. Here the authors introduce Higgs bundles from a differential geometric perspective, and also the Betti moduli space of representations, and then give a brief description of nonabelian Hodge theory. Section 3 deals with restriction to curves. The authors dedicate this section to understanding the restriction of the ideas of Section 1 to hypersurfaces, which will become useful when studying Lagrangians within the moduli space of Higgs bundles. Section 4 deals with Deligne-Hitchin moduli space and twistor space. In this section the authors first recall the notion of \(\lambda\)-connections and the Deligne-Hitchin moduli space (whose details can be found in [\textit{C. Simpson}, Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 62, 217--281 (1997; Zbl 0914.14003)]). Then, they look into the relationship of these spaces with the twistor spaces of certain hyper-Kähler manifolds. Section 5 concerns real structures. Here the authors dedicate this section to the study of real structures and their fixed point sets, and in particular, their appearance in the context of Higgs bundles. Section 6 is devoted to holomorphic action of a finite group.

Recommendations

• Higgs bundles for real groups and the Hitchin-Kostant-Rallis section
• Anti-holomorphic involutions of the~moduli~spaces of Higgs bundles
• Involutions of Higgs moduli spaces over elliptic curves and pseudo-real Higgs bundles
• BIRATIONAL EQUIVALENCE OF HIGGS MODULI
• Homogeneous Higgs and co-Higgs bundles on Hermitian symmetric spaces

Cites work

• Branes through finite group actions
• Constructing Variations of Hodge Structure Using Yang-Mills Theory and Applications to Uniformization
• Electric-magnetic duality and the geometric Langlands program
• Flat G-bundles with canonical metrics
• Higgs bundles and (A,B,A)-branes
• Higgs bundles and local systems
• Higgs bundles and local systems on Riemann surfaces
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 44936 (Why is no real title available?)
• Hyperkähler metrics and supersymmetry
• Moduli of representations of the fundamental group of a smooth projective variety. I
• Moduli of representations of the fundamental group of a smooth projective variety. II
• On the Hitchin morphism for higher-dimensional varieties
• PARABOLIC HIGGS BUNDLES AND -HIGGS BUNDLES
• Parabolic principal Higgs bundles
• Real structures on moduli spaces of Higgs bundles
• Stable bundles and integrable systems
• The Hodge filtration on nonabelian cohomology
• The Self-Duality Equations on a Riemann Surface
• The topology of complex projective varieties after S. Lefschetz
• Twisted Harmonic Maps and the Self-Duality Equations

Cited in

(6)

• Symmetric products of a real curve and the moduli space of Higgs bundles
• Branes through finite group actions
• Unramified covers and branes on the Hitchin system
• Higgs bundles and (A,B,A)-branes
• Hilbert schemes, separated variables, and D-branes
• Branes on the singular locus of the Hitchin system via Borel and other parabolic subgroups

This page was built for publication: Branes and moduli spaces of Higgs bundles on smooth projective varieties

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2050852)