Spectral curves for the triple reduced product of coadjoint orbits for SU(3)

Abstract

We give an identification of the triple reduced product of three coadjoint orbits in SU(3) with a space of Hitchin pairs over a genus 0 curve with three punctures, where the residues of the Higgs field at the punctures are constrained to lie in fixed coadjoint orbits. Using spectral curves for the corresponding Hitchin system, we identify the moment map for a Hamiltonian circle action on the reduced product. Finally, we make use of results of Adams, Harnad, and Hurtubise to find Darboux coordinates and a differential equation for the Hamiltonian.

11 pages, to appear in the proceedings for Nigel Hitchin's 70th birthday conference (further references added)

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• Hyperpolygons and Hitchin systems

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