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Main Author: Hitchin, Nigel
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21712
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  • We give a differential geometric construction of the holomorphic family of Higgs bundle moduli spaces over a curve C as a fibration over Teichmüller space. The method uses a function f defined on the character variety, essentially the energy of a harmonic map, which is dependent on the complex structure of C. Using f we define a natural family of flat Ehresmann connections parametrized by the circle which reveal various aspects of these moduli spaces and their hyperkähler metrics.