Duistermaat—Heckman measures and moduli spaces of flat bundles over surfaces

We introduce Liouville measures and Duistermaat—Heckman measures for Hamiltonian group actions with group valued moment maps. The theory is illustrated by applications to moduli spaces of flat bundles on surfaces.     

Rational surfaces and moduli spaces of vector bundles on rational surfaces

Let X be a smooth algebraic surface, L ? Pic(X) L \in \textrm{Pic}(X) and H an ample divisor on X. Set M_X,H(2; L, c₂) the moduli space of rank 2, H-stable vector bundles F on X with det(F) = L and c₂(F) = c₂. In this paper, we show that the geometry of X and of M_X,H(2; L, c₂) are closely related. More precisely, we prove that for any ample divisor H on X and any L ? Pic(X) L \in \textrm{Pic}(X) , there exists n₀ ? \mathbbZ n_0 \in \mathbb{Z} such that for all n₀ \leqq c₂ ? \mathbbZ n_0 \leqq c_2 \in \mathbb{Z} , M_X,H(2; L, c₂) is rational if and only if X is rational.     

The moduli spaces of rank 2 stable vector bundles over Veronesean surfaces

Partially supported by DGICYT PB88-0224     

Bubble tree compactification of moduli spaces of vector bundles on surfaces

We announce some results on compactifying moduli spaces of rank 2 vector bundles on surfaces by spaces of vector bundles on trees of surfaces. This is thought as an algebraic counterpart of the so-called bubbling of vector bundles and connections in differential geometry. The new moduli spaces are algebraic spaces arising as quotients by group actions according to a result of Kollár. As an example, the compactification of the space of stable rank 2 vector bundles with Chern classes c ₁ = 0, c ₁ = 2 on the projective plane is studied in more detail. Proofs are only indicated and will appear in separate papers.     

The irreducible components of moduli spaces of vector bundles on surfaces

Oblatum 14-III-1992 & 16-XI-1992     

Universal moduli spaces of surfaces with flat bundles and cobordism theory

For a compact, connected Lie group G, we study the moduli of pairs (Σ,E), where Σ is a genus g Riemann surface and E→Σ is a flat G-bundle. Varying both the Riemann surface Σ and the flat bundle leads to a moduli space , parametrizing families Riemann surfaces with flat G-bundles. We show that there is a stable range in which the homology of is independent of g. The stable range depends on the genus of the surface. We then identify the homology of this moduli space in the stable range, in terms of the homology of an explicit infinite loop space. Rationally, the stable cohomology of this moduli space is generated by the Mumford-Morita-Miller κ-classes, and the ring of characteristic classes of principal G-bundles, H^∗(BG). Equivalently, our theorem calculates the homology of the moduli space of semi-stable holomorphic bundles on Riemann surfaces.We then identify the homotopy type of the category of one-manifolds and surface cobordisms, each equipped with a flat G-bundle. Our methods combine the classical techniques of Atiyah and Bott, with the new techniques coming out of Madsen and Weiss's proof of Mumford's conjecture on the stable cohomology of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces.     

Remarks to moduli spaces,virtual dimensions and heterotic strings

Some possibly interesting relations between the topology of certain moduli spaces, virtual dimension and heterotic strings are discussed.     

On rationality of moduli spaces of vector bundles on real Hirzebruch surfaces

Let X be a real form of a Hirzebruch surface. Let M _H (r,c ₁, c ₂) be the moduli space of vector bundles on X. Under some numerical conditions on r, c ₁ and c ₂, we identify those M _H (r,c ₁,c ₂) that are rational.     

Poisson structures on moduli spaces of sheaves over Poisson surfaces

Summary We introduce and study the notion of Poisson surface. We prove that the choice of a Poisson structure on a surfaceS canonically determines a Poisson structure on the moduli space of stable sheaves onS. This result generalizes previous results obtained by Mukai [14], for abelian orK3 surfaces, and by Tyurin [16].Oblatum 13-VI-1994 & 22-III-1995This article was processed by the author using thepjourlm style file from Springer-Verlag     

On real moduli spaces of holomorphic bundles over M-curves

Let F be a genus g curve and σ:F→F a real structure with the maximal possible number of fixed circles. We study the real moduli space N^′=Fix(σ#) where σ#:N→N is the induced real structure on the moduli space N of stable holomorphic bundles of rank 2 over F with fixed non-trivial determinant. In particular, we calculate H^?(N^′,Z) in the case of g=2, generalizing Thaddeus' approach to computing H^?(N,Z).     

Rational curves on moduli spaces of vector bundles

We identify the spaces Hom_i(ℙ¹,M) fori = 1, 2, whereM is the moduli space of vector bundles of rank 2 and determinant isomorphic to ,x ₀ ∈X, on a compact Riemann surface of genusg ≥ 2.     

Algebraic loop groups and moduli spaces of bundles

We study algebraic loop groups and affine Grassmannians in positive characteristic. The main results are normality of Schubert-varieties, the construction of line-bundles on the affine Grassmannian, and the proof that they induce line-bundles on the moduli-stack of torsors. Received March 15, 2001 / final version received April 11, 2002?Published online November 19, 2002