The moduli space of conically singular instantons over an SU(3)-manifold

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Main Authors: Gutwein, Dominik, Wang, Yuanqi
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author Gutwein, Dominik
Wang, Yuanqi
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Wang, Yuanqi
contents In this article we study the moduli space of conically singular instantons (or Hermitian Yang--Mills connections) with prescribed tangent connections over a 6-manifold equipped with an $\mathrm{SU}(3)$-structure. That is, we develop a Fredholm deformation theory for such $\mathrm{SU}(3)$-instantons in which we fix the tangent connection but allow the underlying principal bundle (and, in particular, the singular set) to vary. This leads to the existence of a Kuranishi structure for this moduli space. Moreover, we investigate the cokernel of the instanton deformation operator and give under certain assumptions a formula for its dimension. Ultimately, we apply our results to conically singular instantons with structure group $\mathbb{P}\mathrm{U}(n)$ and give a formula for the virtual dimension of their moduli space in terms of sheaf cohomology of certain vector bundles over $\mathbb{P}^2$.
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spellingShingle The moduli space of conically singular instantons over an SU(3)-manifold
Gutwein, Dominik
Wang, Yuanqi
Differential Geometry
53C07, 53C25, 53C38
In this article we study the moduli space of conically singular instantons (or Hermitian Yang--Mills connections) with prescribed tangent connections over a 6-manifold equipped with an $\mathrm{SU}(3)$-structure. That is, we develop a Fredholm deformation theory for such $\mathrm{SU}(3)$-instantons in which we fix the tangent connection but allow the underlying principal bundle (and, in particular, the singular set) to vary. This leads to the existence of a Kuranishi structure for this moduli space. Moreover, we investigate the cokernel of the instanton deformation operator and give under certain assumptions a formula for its dimension. Ultimately, we apply our results to conically singular instantons with structure group $\mathbb{P}\mathrm{U}(n)$ and give a formula for the virtual dimension of their moduli space in terms of sheaf cohomology of certain vector bundles over $\mathbb{P}^2$.
title The moduli space of conically singular instantons over an SU(3)-manifold
topic Differential Geometry
53C07, 53C25, 53C38
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06057