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Spectral Networks and Non-abelianization

Algebraic Geometry 2021-03-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

We generalize the non-abelianization of Gaiotto-Moore-Neitzke from the case of SL(n)SL(n) and GL(n)GL(n) to arbitrary reductive algebraic groups. This gives a map between a moduli space of certain NN-shifted weakly WW-equivariant TT-local systems on an open subset of a cameral cover X~X\tilde{X}\rightarrow X to the moduli space of GG-local systems on a punctured Riemann surface XX. For classical groups, we give interpretations of these moduli spaces using spectral covers. Non-abelianization uses a set of lines on the Riemann surface XX called a spectral network, defined using a point in the Hitchin base. We show that these lines are related to trajectories of quadratic differentials on quotients of X~\tilde{X}. We use this to describe some of the generic behaviour of lines in a spectral network.

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@article{arxiv.2103.12285,
  title  = {Spectral Networks and Non-abelianization},
  author = {Matei Ionita and Benedict Morrissey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.12285},
  year   = {2021}
}

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104 pages

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