Higgs bundles for the non-compact dual of the unitary group

zbMATH Open1274.14008arXiv1004.0245MaRDI QIDQ351833FDOQ351833

Authors: Oscar García-Prada, André G. Oliveira 

Publication date: 10 July 2013

Published in: Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using Morse-theoretic techniques, we show that the moduli space of U*(2n)-Higgs bundles over a compact Riemann surface is connected.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0245

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zbMATH Keywords

moduli spaceRiemann surfacehiggs bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60) Topological properties in algebraic geometry (14F45)

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• Higgs bundles for the non-compact dual of the special orthogonal group
• Connectedness of the moduli of \(\mathrm{Sp}(2p,2q)\)-Higgs bundles
• Morse theory, Higgs fields, and Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals
• Hitchin pairs for non-compact real Lie groups
• Global properties of Higgs bundle moduli spaces
• Autodual connection in the Fourier transform of a Higgs bundle
• Maximal Higgs bundles for adjoint forms via Cayley correspondence
• Quantization via mirror symmetry
• Higgs bundles for the Lorentz group
• Connectedness of Higgs bundle moduli for complex reductive Lie groups

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