GEOMETRY OF REGULAR HESSENBERG VARIETIES

Abstract

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a complex semisimple Lie algebra. For a regular element $x$ in $\mathfrak{g}$ and a Hessenberg space $H\subseteq \mathfrak{g}$, we consider a regular Hessenberg variety $X(x,H)$ in the flag variety associated with $\mathfrak{g}$. We take a Hessenberg space so that $X(x,H)$ is irreducible, and show that the higher cohomology groups of the structure sheaf of $X(x,H)$ vanish. We also study the flat family of regular Hessenberg varieties, and prove that the scheme-theoretic fibers over the closed points are reduced. We include applications of these results as well.