
doi: 10.1007/bf01212289
By the theorem of Atiyah-Ward (anti-)self-dual Yang-Mills potentials on \(S^ 4\) correspond to certain holomorphic vector bundles on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 3({\mathbb{C}})\) via the twistor fibering \({\mathbb{P}}_ 3({\mathbb{C}})\to S^ 4\). In this paper a new correspondence is established by considering instead holomorphic vector bundles on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 2({\mathbb{C}})\) with a trivialization on a fixed line. More precisely let G be one of the groups SU(r), SO(r), Sp(r) and let M(G,k) be the set of isomorphism classes of pairs (A,\(\alpha)\), where A is a (anti-)self-dual G-connection on a G- principal bundle over \(S^ 4={\mathbb{R}}^ 4\cup \{\infty \}\) with Pontrjagin index k, and \(\alpha\) is a trivialization \(P_{\infty}\simeq G\). On the other hand let \(VB(G_{{\mathbb{C}}},k)\) be the set of isomorphism classes of holomorphic \(G_{{\mathbb{C}}}\)-vector bundles E on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 2({\mathbb{C}})\) with Chern classes \(c_ 1=0\), \(c_ 2=k\), where \(G_{{\mathbb{C}}}\) is the complexification of G, together with a trivialization \(E| \ell_{\infty}\simeq \ell_{\infty}\times {\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) on the line at infinity. It is proved that there is a natural bijection M(G,k)\(\to_{\approx}VB(G_{{\mathbb{C}}},k)\). The proof is given for \(G=SU(r)\) by analyzing the matrices in monad descriptions of the bundles on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 2({\mathbb{C}})\) and of the bundles on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 3({\mathbb{C}})\) which correspond to the connections by the Atiyah-Ward correspondence. The point is that: (1) the structure of the matrices is simplified considerably by fixing a trivalization of \(E| \ell_{\infty}\), and that (2) the reality condition for instanton bundles on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 3({\mathbb{C}})\) is exactly that for the vanishing of the moment map \(\mu\) associated to the natural group action of GL(k,\({\mathbb{C}})\) on the space \(W\subset {\mathbb{C}}^ N\) of the monad matrices for \(VB(G_{{\mathbb{C}}},k)\). Then by the result of Kempf-Ness on closest points on orbits of stable points it follows that \(VB(G_{{\mathbb{C}}},k)=W/GL(k,{\mathbb{C}})\) is in bijection with \((\mu^{- 1}(0)\cap W)/U(k)=M(G,k)\). As a corollary M(G,k) inherits a complex algebraic structure. It would be interesting to know whether \(VB(G_{{\mathbb{C}}},k)\) is smooth. Since the above bijection should at least be topological it follows from the connectivity of \(VB(G_{{\mathbb{C}}},k)\), which is inherited from that of the usual moduli spaces M(0,k) of stable bundles on \({\mathbb{P}}_ 2({\mathbb{C}})\), that also M(G,k) is connected.
connectivity of moduli spaces, Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients), orbits of stable points, 53C80, monad matrices, instanton bundles, Sheaves, derived categories of sheaves, etc., stability under group actions, 53C05, Constructive quantum field theory, Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles, Geometric invariant theory, 32G13, Sheaves and cohomology of sections of holomorphic vector bundles, general results, 14L25, self-dual Yang-Mills potentials, 32L05, 81E13, Connections (general theory)
connectivity of moduli spaces, Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients), orbits of stable points, 53C80, monad matrices, instanton bundles, Sheaves, derived categories of sheaves, etc., stability under group actions, 53C05, Constructive quantum field theory, Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles, Geometric invariant theory, 32G13, Sheaves and cohomology of sections of holomorphic vector bundles, general results, 14L25, self-dual Yang-Mills potentials, 32L05, 81E13, Connections (general theory)
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