Twistor space for local systems on an open curve.

Let X = X¯ − D be a smooth quasi-projective curve. We previously constructed a Deligne–Hitchin moduli space with Hecke gauge groupoid for connections of rank 2. We extend this construction to the case of any rank r, although still keeping a genericity hypothesis. The formal neighborhood of a preferred section corresponding to a tame harmonic bundle is governed by a mixed twistor structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]