the springer resolution of the nilpotent cone of a semisimple lie algebra has important

applications in representation theory, and in particular was used by springer to give a geometric construction of the irreducible representations of weyl groups.  this talk concerns a generalization of the springer resolution constructed with the use of toric varieties.  we will discuss how this is connected in type a with lusztig's generalized springer correspondence, as well as an analogue of an affine paving of the fibers.  part of this talk is joint work with martha precup and amber russell.