Objective B-fields and a Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence

Wang, Shuguang

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05413-9

Objective B-fields and a Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence

Author: Shuguang Wang
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 364 (2012), 2087-2107
MSC (2010): Primary 53C07, 53C08, 57R20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05413-9
Published electronically: December 1, 2011
MathSciNet review: 2869199
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Abstract: A simple trick invoking objective B-fields is employed to refine the concept of characteristic classes for twisted bundles. Then the objective stability and objective Einstein metrics are introduced and a new Hitchin-Kobayashi correspondence is established between them.

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