Moduli spaces of parabolic $U(p,q)$-Higgs bundles

dc.creatorGarcia-Prada, Oscar
dc.creatorLogares, Marina
dc.creatorMuñoz, Vicente
dc.date2006-03-15
dc.date2008-01-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:56:35Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:56:35Z
dc.descriptionUsing the $L^2$-norm of the Higgs field as a Morse function, we count the number of connected components of the moduli space of parabolic $U(p,q)$-Higgs bundles over a Riemann surface with a finite number of marked points, under certain genericity conditions on the parabolic structure. This space is homeomorphic to the moduli space of representations of the fundamental group of the punctured surface in $U(p,q)$, with fixed compact holonomy classes around the marked points. We apply our results to the study of representations of the fundamental group of elliptic surfaces of general type.
dc.description46 pages, no figures. Corrected typos, added remarks. To appear in "Quarterly Journal of Mathematics"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603365
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603365
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/146661
dc.subjectAlgebraic Geometry
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subject14D20; 14H60
dc.titleModuli spaces of parabolic $U(p,q)$-Higgs bundles
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