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Higgs bundles in the Hitchin section over non-compact hyperbolic surfaces

Differential Geometry 2023-07-10 v1

Abstract

Let XX be an arbitrary non-compact hyperbolic Riemann surface, that is, not C\mathbb C or C\mathbb C^*. Given a tuple of holomorphic differentials q=(q2,,qn)\boldsymbol q=(q_2,\cdots,q_n) on XX, one can define a Higgs bundle (KX,n,θ(q))(\mathbb{K}_{X,n},\theta(\boldsymbol q)) in the Hitchin section. We show there exists a harmonic metric hh on (KX,n,θ(q))(\mathbb{K}_{X,n},\theta(\boldsymbol q)) satisfying (i) hh weakly dominates hXh_X; (ii) hh is compatible with the real structure. Here hXh_X is the Hermitian metric on KX,n\mathbb{K}_{X,n} induced by the conformal complete hyperbolic metric gXg_X on X.X. Moreover, when qi(i=2,,n)q_i(i=2,\cdots,n) are bounded with respect to gXg_X, we show such a harmonic metric on (KX,n,θ(q))(\mathbb{K}_{X,n},\theta(\boldsymbol q)) satisfying (i)(ii) uniquely exists. With similar techniques, we show the existence of harmonic metrics for SO(n,n+1)SO(n,n+1)-Higgs bundles in Collier's component and Sp(4,R)Sp(4,\mathbb R)-Higgs bundles in Gothen's component over XX, under some mild assumptions.

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@article{arxiv.2307.03365,
  title  = {Higgs bundles in the Hitchin section over non-compact hyperbolic surfaces},
  author = {Qiongling Li and Takuro Mochizuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.03365},
  year   = {2023}
}

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