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We investigate differential geometric aspects of moduli spaces parametrizing solutions of coupled vortex equations over a compact Kähler manifold X. These solutions are known to be related to polystable triples via a Kobayashi–Hitchin type correspondence. Using a characterization of infinitesimal deformations in terms of the cohomology of a certain elliptic double complex, we construct a Hermitian structure on these moduli spaces. This Hermitian structure is proved to be Kähler. The proof involves establishing a fiber integral formula for the Hermitian form. We compute the curvature tensor of this Kähler form. When X is a Riemann surface, the holomorphic bisectional curvature turns out to be semi-positive. It is shown that in the case where X is a smooth complex projective variety, the Kähler form is the Chern form of a Quillen metric on a certain determinant line bundle.
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Biswas, I., Schumacher, G. Coupled vortex equations and moduli: deformation theoretic approach and Kähler geometry. Math. Ann. 343, 825–851 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-008-0292-6
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