Illinois Journal of Mathematics

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

Oscar García-Prada and André G. Oliveira

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Abstract

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

Article information

Source
Illinois J. Math., Volume 55, Number 3 (2011), 1155-1181.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 29 May 2013

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1369841801

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/ijm/1369841801

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3069300

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1274.14008

Subjects
Primary: 14D20: Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles {For analytic moduli problems, see 32G13} 14F45: Topological properties 14H60: Vector bundles on curves and their moduli [See also 14D20, 14F05]

Citation

García-Prada, Oscar; Oliveira, André G. Higgs bundles for the non-compact dual of the unitary group. Illinois J. Math. 55 (2011), no. 3, 1155--1181. doi:10.1215/ijm/1369841801. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1369841801


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