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Hitchin Pairs for non-compact real Lie groups

Algebraic Geometry 2017-06-23 v2

Abstract

Hitchin pairs on Riemann surfaces are generalizations of Higgs bundles, allowing the Higgs field to be twisted by an arbitrary line bundle. We consider this generalization in the context of GG-Higgs bundles for a real reductive Lie group GG. We outline the basic theory and review some selected results, including recent results by Nozad and the author arXiv:1602.02712 [math.AG] on Hitchin pairs for the unitary group of indefinite signature U(p,q)\mathrm{U}(p,q).

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@article{arxiv.1607.08150,
  title  = {Hitchin Pairs for non-compact real Lie groups},
  author = {Peter B. Gothen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.08150},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Contribution to the special volume of Travaux Math\'ematiques dedicated to GEOQUANT 2015, comments welcome, 14 pages; v2: added references and improved introduction

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