BPS states, Donaldson-Thomas invariants, and Hitchin pairs
Diaconescu, E (Rutgers)
Tuesday 15 March 2011, 10:00-11:00
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Abstract
This is a report on recent work in collaboration with Wu-yen Chuang and Guang Pan relating Donaldson-Thomas theory and BPS to the cohomology of the Hitchin system. A string theoretic construction will be presented establishing a connection between curve counting invariants and the work of Hausel and Rodriguez-Villegas. A generalization to parabolic Hitchin pairs will be also briefly discussed.
