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Hyperbolic localization in Donaldson-Thomas theory

Algebraic Geometry 2025-06-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

In this paper we prove a toric localization formula in the cohomological Donaldson-Thomas theory. Consider a (-1)-shifted symplectic algebraic space with a Gm\mathbb{G}_m-action leaving the (-1)-shifted symplectic form invariant (typical examples are the moduli space of stable sheaves or complexes of sheaves on a Calabi-Yau threefold with a Gm\mathbb{G}_m-invariant Calabi-Yau form or the intersection of two Gm\mathbb{G}_m-invariant Lagrangians in a symplectic space with a Gm\mathbb{G}_m-invariant symplectic form). In this case we express the restriction of the Donaldson-Thomas perverse sheaf (or monodromic mixed Hodge module) defined by Joyce et al. to the attracting variety as a sum of cohomological shifts of the DT perverse sheaves on the Gm\mathbb{G}_m-fixed components. This result can be seen as a (-1)-shifted version of the Bialynicki-Birula decomposition for smooth schemes. We obtain our result from a similar formula for stacks and Halpern-Leistner's Theta-correspondence, at the level of perverse Nori motives, which we use also to derive foundational constructions in DT theory, in particular the Kontsevich-Soibelman wall crossing formula and the construction of the Cohomological Hall Algebra for smooth projective Calabi-Yau threefolds (a similar construction of the CoHA was also done independently by Kinjo, Park, and Safronov in a recent work). This paper subsumes the previous paper "Hyperbolic localization of the Donaldson-Thomas sheaf" from the same author.

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@article{arxiv.2506.22400,
  title  = {Hyperbolic localization in Donaldson-Thomas theory},
  author = {Pierre Descombes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22400},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

This paper subsumes the paper "Hyperbolic localization of the Donaldson-Thomas sheaf" of the author, correcting some inaccuracies and extending the main result

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