HODGE STRUCTURES OF THE MODULI SPACES OF PAIRS
Abstract
Let X be a smooth projective curve of genus g ≥ 2 over ℂ. Fix n ≥ 2, d ∈ ℤ. A pair (E, ϕ) over X consists of an algebraic vector bundle E of rank n and degree d over X and a section ϕ ∈ H0(E). There is a concept of stability for pairs which depends on a real parameter τ. Let be the moduli space of τ-semistable pairs of rank n and degree d over X. Here we prove that the cohomology groups of
are Hodge structures isomorphic to direct summands of tensor products of the Hodge structure H1(X). This implies a similar result for the moduli spaces of stable vector bundles over X.