A journey from the Hitchin section to the oper moduli

DOI10.1090/PSPUM/098/01726zbMATH Open1448.58011arXiv1701.00155OpenAlexW2599746441MaRDI QIDQ5136609FDOQ5136609

Authors: Olivia Dumitrescu 

Publication date: 27 November 2020

Published in: Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper provides an introduction to the mathematical notion of emph{quantum curves}. We start with a concrete example arising from a graph enumeration problem. We then develop a theory of quantum curves associated with Hitchin spectral curves. A conjecture of Gaiotto, which predicts a new construction of opers from a Hitchin spectral curve, is explained. We give a step-by-step detailed description of the proof of the conjecture for the case of rank $2$ Higgs bundles. Finally, we identify the two concepts of extit{quantum curve} arising from the topological recursion formalism with the limit oper of Gaiotto's conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.00155

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60) Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals (58E15)

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