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Auteurs principaux: Silva, Pedro M., Gothen, Peter B.
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Publié: 2024
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author Silva, Pedro M.
Gothen, Peter B.
author_facet Silva, Pedro M.
Gothen, Peter B.
contents The non-abelian Hodge correspondence maps a polystable $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$-Higgs bundle on a compact Riemann surface $X$ of genus $g\geq2$ to a connection which, in some cases, is the holonomy of a branched hyperbolic structure. On the other hand, Gaiotto's conformal limit maps the same bundle to a partial oper, i.e., to a connection whose holonomy is that of a branched complex projective structure compatible with $X$. In this article, we show how these are both instances of the same phenomenon: the family of connections appearing in the conformal limit can be understood as a family of complex projective structures, deforming the hyperbolic ones into the ones compatible with $X$. We also show that, when the Higgs bundle has zero Toledo invariant, this deformation is optimal, inducing a geodesic on Teichmüller's metric space.
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spellingShingle The conformal limit and projective structures
Silva, Pedro M.
Gothen, Peter B.
Differential Geometry
Algebraic Geometry
30F10 (Primary) 14D21, 14H60, 53C43 (Secondary)
The non-abelian Hodge correspondence maps a polystable $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$-Higgs bundle on a compact Riemann surface $X$ of genus $g\geq2$ to a connection which, in some cases, is the holonomy of a branched hyperbolic structure. On the other hand, Gaiotto's conformal limit maps the same bundle to a partial oper, i.e., to a connection whose holonomy is that of a branched complex projective structure compatible with $X$. In this article, we show how these are both instances of the same phenomenon: the family of connections appearing in the conformal limit can be understood as a family of complex projective structures, deforming the hyperbolic ones into the ones compatible with $X$. We also show that, when the Higgs bundle has zero Toledo invariant, this deformation is optimal, inducing a geodesic on Teichmüller's metric space.
title The conformal limit and projective structures
topic Differential Geometry
Algebraic Geometry
30F10 (Primary) 14D21, 14H60, 53C43 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07759