The Whittaker functional is a shifted microstalk

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Main Authors: Nadler, David, Taylor, Jeremy
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Published: 2022
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Taylor, Jeremy
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Taylor, Jeremy
contents For a smooth projective curve $X$ and reductive group $G$, the Whittaker functional on nilpotent sheaves on $\text{Bun}_G(X)$ is expected to correspond to global sections of coherent sheaves on the spectral side of Betti geometric Langlands. We prove that the Whittaker functional calculates the (shifted) microstalk of nilpotent sheaves at the point in the Hitchin moduli where the Kostant section intersects the global nilpotent cone. In particular, the (shifted) Whittaker functional is exact for the perverse $t$-structure and commutes with Verdier duality. Our proof is topological and depends on the intrinsic local hyperbolic symmetry of $\text{Bun}_G(X)$. It is an application of a general result relating vanishing cycles to the composition of restriction to an attracting locus followed by vanishing cycles.
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spellingShingle The Whittaker functional is a shifted microstalk
Nadler, David
Taylor, Jeremy
Representation Theory
Symplectic Geometry
For a smooth projective curve $X$ and reductive group $G$, the Whittaker functional on nilpotent sheaves on $\text{Bun}_G(X)$ is expected to correspond to global sections of coherent sheaves on the spectral side of Betti geometric Langlands. We prove that the Whittaker functional calculates the (shifted) microstalk of nilpotent sheaves at the point in the Hitchin moduli where the Kostant section intersects the global nilpotent cone. In particular, the (shifted) Whittaker functional is exact for the perverse $t$-structure and commutes with Verdier duality. Our proof is topological and depends on the intrinsic local hyperbolic symmetry of $\text{Bun}_G(X)$. It is an application of a general result relating vanishing cycles to the composition of restriction to an attracting locus followed by vanishing cycles.
title The Whittaker functional is a shifted microstalk
topic Representation Theory
Symplectic Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.09216