Symplectic coordinates on $\operatorname{PSL}_3 (\mathbb{R}$)-Hitchin components

Abstract

Goldman parametrizes the $\operatorname{PSL}_3 (\mathbb{R})$-Hitchin component of a closed oriented hyperbolic surface of genus $g$ by $16g-16$ parameters. Among them, $10g-10$ coordinates are canonical. We prove that the $\operatorname{PSL}_3 (\mathbb{R})$-Hitchin component equipped with the Atiyah-Bott-Goldman symplectic form admits a global Darboux coordinate system such that the half of its coordinates are canonical Goldman coordinates. To this end, we show a version of the action-angle principle and the Zocca-type decomposition formula for the symplectic form of H. Kim and Guruprasad-Huebschmann-Jeffrey-Weinstein given to symplectic leaves of the Hitchin component.