Hitchin fibration

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The Hitchin fibration is a fundamental geometric structure in the theory of Higgs bundles that organizes their moduli space into an algebraically completely integrable system with deep connections to representation theory and the geometric Langlands program.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hitchin fibration canonical 3
Hitchin fibration for Langlands dual group 1
Hitchin map 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf algebraically completely integrable system ⓘ
fibration ⓘ
geometric structure ⓘ
actsOn moduli space of Higgs bundles ⓘ
baseDimension half the dimension of the Higgs moduli space ⓘ
codomain Hitchin base identified with space of invariant polynomials valued differentials ⓘ
constructedFrom characteristic polynomial of the Higgs field ⓘ
invariant polynomials of a complex reductive Lie algebra ⓘ
context complex reductive algebraic group G ⓘ
smooth projective algebraic curve over complex numbers ⓘ
definedOn moduli space of semistable Higgs bundles ⓘ
moduli space of stable Higgs bundles ⓘ
describedIn Stable bundles and integrable systems (Hitchin, 1987) ⓘ
domain moduli space of G-Higgs bundles on a smooth projective curve ⓘ
dualTo Hitchin fibration for Langlands dual group ⓘ
linked to: Hitchin fibration
field algebraic geometry ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
representation theory ⓘ
genericFiberDimension half the dimension of the Higgs moduli space ⓘ
hasBase Hitchin base ⓘ
hasComponent discriminant locus where spectral curve is singular ⓘ
hasFiber generic fiber is a Jacobian of a spectral curve ⓘ
generic fiber is a Prym variety in the non-simply connected case ⓘ
generic fiber is an abelian variety ⓘ
hasGeneralization parabolic Hitchin fibration ⓘ
wild Hitchin fibration ⓘ
hasProperty algebraically completely integrable ⓘ
base is an affine space ⓘ
completely integrable Hamiltonian system ⓘ
defines an integrable system on the moduli of Higgs bundles ⓘ
fibers are Lagrangian with respect to natural symplectic form ⓘ
generic fibers are torsors under abelian varieties ⓘ
hasSymmetry action of the Picard stack of the spectral curve ⓘ
inspired subsequent work on integrable systems from moduli spaces ⓘ
introducedBy Nigel Hitchin ⓘ
introducedIn 1987 ⓘ
mapType Lagrangian fibration ⓘ
algebraic map ⓘ
proper map ⓘ
namedAfter Nigel Hitchin ⓘ
relatedTo Dolbeault moduli space ⓘ
Higgs bundle ⓘ
S-duality in gauge theory ⓘ
geometric Langlands program ⓘ
mirror symmetry ⓘ
moduli of local systems ⓘ
non-abelian Hodge theory ⓘ
usedIn construction of Hecke eigensheaves ⓘ
proofs and formulations of geometric Langlands duality ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nigel Hitchin → notableFor → Hitchin fibration ⓘ
Hitchin fibration → dualTo → Hitchin fibration for Langlands dual group ⓘ
linked to: Hitchin fibration
Hitchin system → usesConcept → Hitchin fibration ⓘ
Hitchin system → hasMap → Hitchin map ⓘ
linked to: Hitchin fibration
The self-duality equations on a Riemann surface → relatesTo → Hitchin fibration ⓘ
The self-duality equations on a Riemann surface → associatedConcept → Hitchin moduli space ⓘ
linked to: Hitchin fibration