Polygons in Minkowski three space and parabolic Higgs bundles of rank two on CP^1
arXiv:1206.1720 · doi:10.1007/s00031-013-9238-5
Abstract
Consider the moduli space of parabolic Higgs bundles (E,Φ) of rank two on CP^1 such that the underlying holomorphic vector bundle for the parabolic vector bundle E is trivial. It is equipped with the natural involution defined by (E,Φ)\mapsto (E,-Φ). We study the fixed point locus of this involution. In [GM], this moduli space with involution was identified with the moduli space of hyperpolygons equipped with a certain natural involution. Here we identify the fixed point locus with the moduli spaces of polygons in Minkowski 3-space. This identification yields information on the connected components of the fixed point locus.
22 pages