Complex K-theory of moduli spaces of Higgs bundles

Publication date: 20 December 2022

Abstract: We establish an isomorphism of complex

K

-theory of the moduli space

c h e c k m a t h c a l M

of

-Higgs bundles of degree

d

and rank

n

(in the sense of Hausel--Thaddeus) and twisted complex

K

-theory of the orbifold

h a t m a t h c a l M

of

P G L_{n}

-Higgs bundles of degree

e

, where

(n, d) = (n, e) = 1

. Along the way we prove the vanishing of torsion for

H^{*} (c h e c k m a t h c a l M)

and certain twisted complex

K

-theory groups of

h a t m a t h c a l M

. We also extend Arinkin's autoduality of compactified Jacobian to a derived equivalence between

S L_{n}

and

P G L_{n}

-Hitchin systems over the elliptic locus. In the appendix we develop a formalism of

G

-sheaves of spectra, generalising equivariant homotopy theory to a relative setting.

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