The Automorphism Equivariant Hitchin Index

Abstract

Let T be the one-dimensional complex torus. We consider the action of an automorphism of a Riemann surface X on the cohomology of the T-equivariant determinant line bundle over the moduli space of rank two Higgs bundles on X with fixed determinant of odd degree. We define and study the automorphism equivariant Hitchin index. We prove a formula for it in terms of cohomological pairings of canonical T-equivariant classes of certain moduli spaces of parabolic Higgs bundles over the quotient Riemann surface.

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