The nilpotent-model irreducibility conjecture for Hamiltonian fibers

Let GG be a connected reductive group, let HH be a subgroup, let η\eta be a nilpotent element, and let VV be an HH-variety. Write X=MG(H,η,V)X=M_G(H,\eta,V) for the associated Hamiltonian model variety. Property (Irr) means that every fiber of the quotient morphism

ψ~G,X/ ⁣/G:X/ ⁣/GCG,X\widetilde{\psi}_{G,X}/\!/G:X/\!/G\longrightarrow C_{G,X}

is irreducible.

Nilpotent-model irreducibility conjecture. If X=MG(H,η,V)X=M_G(H,\eta,V), where η\eta is nilpotent, then XX satisfies (Irr).

The paper states this as a weaker version of the conjecture for all conical irreducible Hamiltonian varieties. It notes that this conjecture would imply normality of every fiber of ψG,X\psi_{G,X} and suggests a reduction to case-by-case verification; it remains open.

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Ivan V. Losev, “On fibers of algebraic invariant moment maps”, arXiv:math/0703296 (2009).

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