Minimal surfaces for Hitchin representations

DOI10.4310/JDG/1557281006zbMATH Open1482.53079arXiv1605.09596OpenAlexW2962719366WikidataQ115165280 ScholiaQ115165280MaRDI QIDQ2632927FDOQ2632927

Authors: Song Dai, Qiongling Li 

Publication date: 15 May 2019

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a reductive representation $ho:p{i}_1(S)ightarrowG$, there exists a $ho$-equivariant harmonic map $f$ from the universal cover of a fixed Riemann surface $Sigma$ to the symmetric space $G/K$ associated to $G$. If the Hopf differential of $f$ vanishes, the harmonic map is then minimal. In this paper, we investigate the properties of immersed minimal surfaces inside symmetric space associated to a subloci of Hitchin component: $q_n$ and $q_{n-1}$ case. First, we show that the pullback metric of the minimal surface dominates a constant multiple of the hyperbolic metric in the same conformal class and has a strong rigidity property. Secondly, we show that the immersed minimal surface is never tangential to any flat inside the symmetric space. As a direct corollary, the pullback metric of the minimal surface is always strictly negatively curved. In the end, we find a fully decoupled system to approximate the coupled Hitchin system.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.09596

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zbMATH Keywords

Hopf differentialrigidityminimal surfaceequivariant harmonic mapreductive representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Generalized geometries (à la Hitchin) (53D18)

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