Special-leaf correspondence for Coulomb and Higgs branches

Let GG be a reductive group, let N\mathbf{N} be a representation, and let M(G,N)\mathcal{M}(G,\mathbf{N}) and MHiggs(G,N)\mathcal{M}_{\mathsf{Higgs}}(G,\mathbf{N}) denote the associated Coulomb and Higgs branches. Let CHLeaf(M(G,N))×Leaf(MHiggs(G,N))\operatorname{CH}\subset \operatorname{Leaf}(\mathcal{M}(G,\mathbf{N}))\times\operatorname{Leaf}(\mathcal{M}_{\mathsf{Higgs}}(G,\mathbf{N})) be the correspondence defined by the maximal-torus data, and call a flat good when it has the property used in the definition of special leaves. Special-leaf correspondence conjecture. The special leaves of M(G,N)\mathcal{M}(G,\mathbf{N}) are precisely those whose image under ϱ\varrho is a good flat. The relation CH\operatorname{CH} gives a bijection between the special leaves of M(G,N)\mathcal{M}(G,\mathbf{N}) and the special leaves of MHiggs(G,N)\mathcal{M}_{\mathsf{Higgs}}(G,\mathbf{N}). This would identify the distinguished leaves on the Coulomb and Higgs sides, resolving the possible failures of the full leaf correspondence to be bijective; the source presents it as an alternate definition and does not state a resolution.

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Ben Webster, “On the geometry of Coulomb branches”, arXiv:2607.15177 (2026).

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