Fourier-Mukai transforms and the decomposition theorem for integrable systems

Abstract

We study the interplay between the Fourier-Mukai transform and the decomposition theorem for an integrable system $\pi :M\to B$. Our main conjecture is that the Fourier-Mukai transform of sheaves of Kähler differentials, after restriction to the formal neighborhood of the zero section, are quantized by the Hodge modules arising in the decomposition theorem for $\pi$. For an integrable system, our formulation unifies the Fourier-Mukai calculation of the structure sheaf by Arinkin-Fedorov, the theorem of the higher direct images by Matsushita, and the "perverse = Hodge" identity by the second and the third authors. As evidence, we show that these Fourier-Mukai images are Cohen-Macaulay sheaves with middle-dimensional support on the relative Picard space, with support governed by the higher discriminants of the integrable system. We also prove the conjecture for smooth integrable systems and certain 2-dimensional families with nodal singular fibers. Finally, we sketch the proof when cuspidal fibers appear.

46 pages. Comments are welcome!