Surface group representations and U(p, q)-Higgs bundles

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-170

  Bradlow, Steven B ^a,b,c   García Prada, Oscar ^a,b,c   Gothen, Peter B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS Y FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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EID: 0742315778     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1090426889     Document Type: Article

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