Real projective structures on a real curve

Abstract

Given a compact connected Riemann surface $X$ equipped with an antiholomorphic involution $\tau$, we consider the projective structures on $X$ satisfying a compatibility condition with respect to $\tau$. For a projective structure $P$ on $X$, there are holomorphic connections and holomorphic differential operators on $X$ that are constructed using $P$. When the projective structure $P$ is compatible with $\tau$, the relationships between $\tau$ and the holomorphic connections, or the differential operators, associated to $P$ are investigated. The moduli space of projective structures on a compact oriented $C^\infty$ surface of genus $g\, \geq\, 2$ has a natural holomorphic symplectic structure. It is known that this holomorphic symplectic manifold is isomorphic to the holomorphic symplectic manifold defined by the total space of the holomorphic cotangent bundle of the Teichm\"uller space ${\mathcal T}_g$ equipped with the Liouville symplectic form. We show that there is an isomorphism between these two holomorphic symplectic manifolds that is compatible with $\tau$.