3.15 p.m. - 4.15 p.m.
Degenerations of Hitchin pairs and abelianization
V. Balaji
Chennai Mathematical Institute.
15-03-13

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Abstract

We construct degenerations of the moduli space of Hitchin pairs on smooth curves to curves with ordinary double points. The analogue of the Hitchin map brings up nice analogues of abelianization in terms of toric varieties.