The differentiable nonabelian Hodge correspondence for relative moduli spaces

Let SS be a smooth complex curve and let XSX\to S be a polarized smooth family of smooth projective curves of genus at least 22. Let f:MdRs(X/S,r)Sf:M^{s}_{dR}(X/S,r)\to S parametrize rank-rr irreducible holomorphic connections on the fibers, and let g:MHigs(X/S,r)Sg:M^{s}_{Hig}(X/S,r)\to S parametrize rank-rr stable Higgs bundles of degree zero. The nonabelian Hodge correspondence gives a canonical homeomorphism

αS:MdRs(X/S,r)MHigs(X/S,r).\alpha_S:M^{s}_{dR}(X/S,r)\cong M^{s}_{Hig}(X/S,r).

Differentiable nonabelian Hodge conjecture. The map αS\alpha_S is an isomorphism of differentiable fiber bundles over SS. This would upgrade the known fiberwise topological identification to a differentiable one, but the supplied text gives no evidence that the conjecture has been resolved.

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Mao Sheng, “Nonlinear Harmonic Bundles”, arXiv:2512.04809 (2025).

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