nLab Hecke eigensheaf

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Idea

A Hecke eigensheaf is an object that is taken to a tensor-multiple of itself under the integral transform induced by a Hecke correspondence.

Hecke eigensheaves play a central role in the geometric Langlands correspondence.

Properties

Relation to magnetic branes in super Yang-Mills theory

geometric Langlands correspondenceS-duality in N=4 D=4 super Yang-Mills theory
Hecke transformation't Hooft operator
local system/flat connectionelectric eigenbrane (eigenbrane of Wilson operator)
Hecke eigensheafmagnetic eigenbrane (eigenbrane of 't Hooft operator )

(Kapustin-Witten 06)

References

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