Heavenly metrics, hyper-Lagrangians and Joyce structures
Abstract
In \cite{B3}, Bridgeland defined a geometric structure, named a Joyce structure, conjectured to exist on the space of stability conditions of a triangulated category. Given a non-degeneracy assumption, a feature of this structure is a complex hyper-K\"ahler metric with homothetic symmetry on the total space of the holomorphic tangent bundle. \par Generalising the isomonodromy calculation which leads to the Joyce structure in \cite{BM}, we obtain an explicit expression for a hyper-K\"ahler metric with homothetic symmetry via construction of the isomonodromic flows of a Schr\"odinger equation with deformed polynomial oscillator potential of odd degree . The metric is defined on a total space of complex dimension and fibres over a --dimensional manifold which can be identified with the unfolding of the -singularity. The hyper-K\"ahler structure is shown to be compatible with the natural symplectic structure on in the sense of admitting an \textit{affine symplectic fibration} as defined in \cite{BS}. \par Separately, using the additional conditions imposed by a Joyce structure, we consider reductions of Pleba\'nski's heavenly equations that govern the hyper-K\"ahler condition. We introduce the notion of a \textit{projectable hyper-Lagrangian} foliation and show that in dimension four such a foliation of leads to a linearisation of the heavenly equation. The hyper-K\"ahler metrics constructed here are shown to admit such a foliation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2402.14352,
title = {Heavenly metrics, hyper-Lagrangians and Joyce structures},
author = {Maciej Dunajski and Timothy Moy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.14352},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
Final version, to appear in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society