Differential geometry of moduli spaces of quiver bundles

Abstract

Let P be a parabolic subgroup of a simple affine algebraic group G defined over C and X a compact connected K\"ahler manifold. L. \'Alvarez-C\'onsul and O. Garc\'ia-Prada associated to these a quiver Q and representations of Q into holomorphic vector bundles on X. Our aim here is to investigate the differential geometric properties of the moduli spaces representations of Q into vector bundles on X. In particular, we construct a Hermitian form on these moduli spaces. A fiber integral formula is proved for this Hermitian form; this fiber integral formula implies that the Hermitian form is K\"ahler. We compute the curvature of this K\"ahler form. Under an assumption which says that X is a complex projective manifold, this K\"ahler form is realized as the curvature of a certain determinant line bundle equipped with a Quillen metric.