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Main Authors: Fredrickson, Laura, Yae, Arya
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10656
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author Fredrickson, Laura
Yae, Arya
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Yae, Arya
contents Complete hyperkähler 4-manifolds of finite energy are grouped into ALE, ALF, ALG$^{(*)}$, ALH$^{(*)}$, each of these being further classified according to the Dynkin type of their noncompact end. A family of ALG-$D_4$ spaces are modeled by certain moduli spaces of strongly parabolic $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-Higgs bundles on the Riemann sphere with $n=4$ punctures. Meanwhile, a family of ALE-$D_4$ spaces are modeled by certain Nakajima quiver varieties known as $n=4$ hyperpolygon spaces. There is a map from hyperpolygon space to the moduli space of strong parabolic $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-Higgs bundles that is a diffeomorphism onto its open and dense image. We show that under a fine-tuned degenerate limit, the pullback of a family of ALG-$D_4$ metrics parameterized by $R$ converges pointwise to the ALE-$D_4$ metric as $R \to 0$. While the connection to gravitational instantons occurs in the $n=4$ case, we prove our result for any finite $n$.
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spellingShingle Hyperkähler Degenerations from Parabolic $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-Higgs Bundles Moduli Spaces on the Punctured Sphere to Hyperpolygon Spaces
Fredrickson, Laura
Yae, Arya
Differential Geometry
53C07
Complete hyperkähler 4-manifolds of finite energy are grouped into ALE, ALF, ALG$^{(*)}$, ALH$^{(*)}$, each of these being further classified according to the Dynkin type of their noncompact end. A family of ALG-$D_4$ spaces are modeled by certain moduli spaces of strongly parabolic $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-Higgs bundles on the Riemann sphere with $n=4$ punctures. Meanwhile, a family of ALE-$D_4$ spaces are modeled by certain Nakajima quiver varieties known as $n=4$ hyperpolygon spaces. There is a map from hyperpolygon space to the moduli space of strong parabolic $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-Higgs bundles that is a diffeomorphism onto its open and dense image. We show that under a fine-tuned degenerate limit, the pullback of a family of ALG-$D_4$ metrics parameterized by $R$ converges pointwise to the ALE-$D_4$ metric as $R \to 0$. While the connection to gravitational instantons occurs in the $n=4$ case, we prove our result for any finite $n$.
title Hyperkähler Degenerations from Parabolic $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-Higgs Bundles Moduli Spaces on the Punctured Sphere to Hyperpolygon Spaces
topic Differential Geometry
53C07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10656