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The Dirac-Higgs complex and categorification of (BBB)-branes

Algebraic Geometry 2024-07-11 v2

Abstract

Let MDol(X,G)\mathcal{M}_{\mathrm{Dol}}(X,G) denote the hyperk\"ahler moduli space of GG-Higgs bundles over a smooth projective curve XX. In the context of four dimensional supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, Kapustin and Witten introduced the notion of (BBB)-brane: boundary conditions that are compatible with the B-model twist in every complex structure of MDol(X,G)\mathcal{M}_{\mathrm{Dol}}(X,G). The geometry of such branes was initially proposed to be hyperk\"ahler submanifolds that support a hyperholomorphic bundle. Gaiotto has suggested a more general type of (BBB)-brane defined by perfect analytic complexes on the Deligne-Hitchin twistor space Tw(MDol(X,G))\mathrm{Tw}(\mathcal{M}_{\mathrm{Dol}}(X,G)). Following Gaiotto's suggestion, this paper proposes a framework for the categorification of (BBB)-branes, both on the moduli spaces and on the corresponding derived moduli stacks. We do so by introducing the Deligne stack, a derived analytic stack with corresponding moduli space Tw(MDol(X,G))\mathrm{Tw}(\mathcal{M}_{\mathrm{Dol}}(X,G)), defined as a gluing between two analytic Hodge stacks along the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence. We then construct a class of (BBB)-branes using integral functors that arise from higher non-abelian Hodge theory, before discussing their relation to the Wilson functors from the Dolbeault geometric Langlands correspondence.

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@article{arxiv.2311.10032,
  title  = {The Dirac-Higgs complex and categorification of (BBB)-branes},
  author = {Emilio Franco and Robert Hanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.10032},
  year   = {2024}
}
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