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We introduce a new class of $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triples in a complex simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, which we call magical. Such an $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triple canonically defines a real form and various decompositions of $\mathfrak{g}$. Using this decomposition data, we explicitly parameterize special connected components of the moduli space of Higgs bundles on a compact Riemann surface $X$ for an associated real Lie group, hence also of the corresponding character variety of representations of $\pi_1X$ in the associated real Lie group. This recovers known components when the real group is split, Hermitian of tube type, or $\mathrm{SO}_{p,q}$ with $1<p\leq q$, and also constructs previously unknown components for the quaternionic real forms of $\mathrm{E}_6$, $\mathrm{E}_7$, $\mathrm{E}_8$ and $\mathrm{F}_4$. The classification of magical $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triples is shown to be in bijection with the set of $\Theta$-positive structures in the sense of Guichard--Wienhard, thus the mentioned parameterization conjecturally detects all examples of higher Teichm\"uller spaces. Indeed, we discuss properties of the surface group representations obtained from these Higgs bundle components a

Author

Bradlow, Steve; Collier, Brian; Garcia-Prada, Oscar; Gothen, Peter; Oliveira, André

Published

2021

Language

EN