Spectral coverings without embeddings
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Let \(X\) be a smooth projective variety paired with a locally free sheaf \(V\) supported on it. A \(V\)-twisted Higgs bundle on \(X\) is a rank \(r\) vector bundle \(E\) endowed with a sheaf map \(\Phi:E \rightarrow E \otimes V\) such that \(\Phi \wedge \Phi=0\). The spectral cover of \(\Phi\) is a subscheme \(C_{\Phi} \subseteq \mathrm{Tot}(V)\) defined as the vanishing locus of \(f_\Phi=\det(\Phi-\eta \otimes \mathrm{Id}) \in H^0(\mathrm{Tot}(V),p_V^\ast(\mathrm{Sym}^r(V)))\), where \(p_V:\mathrm{Tot}(V)\rightarrow X\) is the natural projection between the underlying spaces and \(\eta\) is the tautological section of \(p_V^\ast(V)\). Denote by \(\pi_\Phi: C_{\Phi} \rightarrow X\) the induced map. When \(C_{\Phi}\) is integral, there exist a torsion free sheaf \(M\) of rank one on \(C_\Phi\) such that \((\pi_{\Phi})_\ast(M)=E\) and \((\pi_{\Phi})_\ast(\eta_{C_{\Phi}} \otimes \mathrm{Id}_M)=\Phi\). This construction can be reversed to obtain a \(V\)-twisted Higgs bundle starting from \(M\) on \(C_\Phi\).\N\NIn the paper, the authors weaken the construction by considering a finite map \(\pi:X \rightarrow Z\) of smooth projective varieties, with a vector bundle \(V\) on \(Z\), \(M\) on \(X\) and a section \(\sigma\in H^0(X,\pi^\ast V)\). Whenever there exists an embedding \(i:X \rightarrow \mathrm{Tot}(V)\), so that \(\pi=\pi_\Phi \circ i\) and \(\sigma=i^\ast\eta\) then one obtains the classical construction in the spectral correspondence. After giving some explicit examples of the construction of twisted Higgs bundles for degree two coverings, the authors prove the main result (Theorem 4.1). They show that the induced spectral cover \(C_{\Phi}\subset \mathrm{Tot}(V)\) always admits a factorization\N\[\NX \xrightarrow{p} Y \xrightarrow{q} Z,\N\]\Nwhere \(Y\) is the normalization of \(C_{\Phi}\), \(\sigma=p^{\ast}\tau\) for some \(\tau\in H^{0}(Y,q^{\ast}V)\), and \(\Phi\) is obtained by pushing forward the Higgs field defined by \(\tau\). Thus every such construction factors through the normalization of its spectral cover. In particular, if \(\deg(\pi)\) is prime, then either \(\Phi=\tau\otimes\mathrm{Id}\) for some \(\tau\in H^{0}(Y,V)\), or \(X\) is the normalization of \(C_{\Phi}\).\N\NFinally the authors deal with the stability of the \(V\)-twisted Higgs bundle defined by the data \((\pi,M,V,\sigma)\) relating it to the stability of the corresponding sheaf on the spectral cover.
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