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
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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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