On a compact Riemann surface $\Sigma$ of genus $g>1$, equipped with a complex vector bundle $E$ of rank $2$ and degree zero let $M_H$ be the moduli space of Higgs bundles. $M_H$ admits a $\mathbb C^{ \star}$-action and to each stable $\mathbb C^{ \star}$-fixed point $[(\bar\partial_0,\Phi_0)]$ is associated a holomorphic Lagrangian submanifold $W^1(\bar\partial_0,\Phi_0)$ inside the de Rham moduli space $M_{ dR}$ of complex flat connections. In this note we prove a conjecture of Simpson stating that $W^1(\bar\partial_0,\Phi_0)$ is closed inside $M_{ dR}$.
Categories: math.DG