Maximal Sp(4, R) surface group representations, minimal immersions and cyclic surfaces

DOI10.1007/S10711-015-0101-9zbMATH Open1338.14038arXiv1503.03526OpenAlexW2184492548MaRDI QIDQ2634857FDOQ2634857

Brian Collier

Publication date: 10 February 2016

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $S$ be a closed surface of genus at least $2$. For each maximal representation $ho:p{i}_1(S)ightarrowmathsfSp(4,mathbbR)$ in one of the $2g-3$ exceptional connected components, we prove there is a unique conformal structure on the surface in which the corresponding equivariant harmonic map to the symmetric space $mathsfSp(4,mathbbR)/mathsfU(2)$ is a minimal immersion. Using a Higgs bundle parameterization of these components, we give a mapping class group invariant parameterization of such components as fiber bundles over Teichm"uller space. Unlike Labourie's recent results on Hitchin components, these bundles are not vector bundles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03526

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zbMATH Keywords

harmonic mapscharacter varietymapping class groupHiggs bundlesmaximal representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic maps, etc. (58E20) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42) Relationships between algebraic curves and integrable systems (14H70) Conformal metrics (hyperbolic, Poincaré, distance functions) (30F45)

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