High-energy harmonic maps and degeneration of minimal surfaces

DOI10.2140/GT.2023.27.1691zbMATH Open1529.53060arXiv1910.06999OpenAlexW2980426475MaRDI QIDQ6138566FDOQ6138566

Authors: Charles Ouyang 

Publication date: 5 September 2023

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $S$ be a closed surface of genus $ggeq2$ and let $ho$ be a maximal $mathrmPSL(2,mathbbR)imesmathrmPSL(2,mathbbR)$ surface group representation. By a result of Schoen, there is a unique $ho$-equivariant minimal surface $widetildeSigma$ in $mathbb{H}^{2}imesmathbb{H}^2$. We study the induced metrics on these minimal surfaces and prove the limits are precisely mixed structures. In the second half of the paper, we provide a geometric interpretation: the minimal surfaces $widetildeSigma$ degenerate to the core of a product of two $mathbbR$-trees. As a consequence, we obtain a compactification of the space of maximal representations of $p{i}_1(S)$ into $mathrmPSL(2,mathbbR)imesmathrmPSL(2,mathbbR)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.06999

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zbMATH Keywords

harmonic mapsmixed structureshigher Teichmüller spaceminimal Lagrangian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

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