Geometry of the Space of Sections of Twistor Spaces with Circle Action

Abstract

We study the holomorphic symplectic geometry of (the smooth locus of) the space of holomorphic sections of a twistor space with rotating circle action. The twistor space carries a line bundle with meromorphic connection constructed by Hitchin. We give an interpretation of Hitchin's meromorphic connection in the context of the Atiyah-Ward transform of the corresponding hyperholomorphic line bundle. It is shown that the residue of the meromorphic connection serves as a moment map for the induced circle action, and furthermore the critical points of this moment map are studied. Particular emphasis is given to the example of Deligne-Hitchin moduli spaces.