The 4D Barth conjecture for framed sheaf and ADHM moduli spaces

Let (r,n)(\vec{r},n) be the discrete parameters for the 4D ADHM quiver, and let MQ4(r,n)M_{Q_4}(\vec{r},n) be its stable representation moduli space. Let M(P1)4(r,n)M_{(\mathbb P^1)^4}(\vec{r},n) be the moduli space of framed sheaves on (P1)4(\mathbb P^1)^4 with the corresponding parameters, equipped with their T\mathbb T-equivariant 3-term symmetric obstruction theories. The 4D Barth conjecture. For any (r,n)(\vec{r},n), there exists a T\mathbb T-equivariant isomorphism

MQ4(r,n)M(P1)4(r,n)M_{Q_4}(\vec{r},n) \cong M_{(\mathbb P^1)^4}(\vec{r},n)

intertwining the T\mathbb T-equivariant 3-term symmetric obstruction theories on both sides. Both spaces have the same discrete parameters, T\mathbb T-equivariant derived enhancements with a (2)(-2)-shifted symplectic form, and the same virtual dimension. The conjecture is supported by the isomorphism of their (C)r(\mathbb C^*)^r-fixed loci and the coincidence of their virtual tangent representations at T\mathbb T-fixed points, but the global isomorphism remains unproved.

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Noah Arbesfeld, Martijn Kool and Woonam Lim, “The geometry of Nekrasov's gauge origami theory”, arXiv:2602.00984 (2026).

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