Stable twisted curves and their r -spin structures

Alessandro Chiodo[1]

  • [1] Université de Grenoble I Institut Fourier UMR 5582 CNRS 100 rue des Maths BP 74 38402 St Martin d’H�res (France)

Annales de l’institut Fourier (2008)

  • Volume: 58, Issue: 5, page 1635-1689
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

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The subject of this article is the notion of r -spin structure: a line bundle whose r th power is isomorphic to the canonical bundle. Over the moduli functor M g of smooth genus- g curves, r -spin structures form a finite torsor under the group of r -torsion line bundles. Over the moduli functor M ¯ g of stable curves, r -spin structures form an étale stack, but both the finiteness and the torsor structure are lost.In the present work, we show how this bad picture can be definitely improved just by placing the problem in the category of Abramovich and Vistoli’s twisted curves. First, we find that within such a category there exist several different compactifications of M g ; each one corresponds to a different multiindex l → = ( l 0 , l 1 , ⋯ ) identifying a notion of stability: l → -stability. Then, we determine the choices of l → for which r -spin structures form a finite torsor over the moduli of l → -stable curves.

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Chiodo, Alessandro. "Stable twisted curves and their $r$-spin structures." Annales de l’institut Fourier 58.5 (2008): 1635-1689. <http://eudml.org/doc/10358>.

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abstract = {The subject of this article is the notion of $r$-spin structure: a line bundle whose $r$th power is isomorphic to the canonical bundle. Over the moduli functor $\{\mathsf \{M\}\}_g$ of smooth genus-$g$ curves, $r$-spin structures form a finite torsor under the group of $r$-torsion line bundles. Over the moduli functor $\overline\{\mathsf \{M\}\}_g$ of stable curves, $r$-spin structures form an étale stack, but both the finiteness and the torsor structure are lost.In the present work, we show how this bad picture can be definitely improved just by placing the problem in the category of Abramovich and Vistoli’s twisted curves. First, we find that within such a category there exist several different compactifications of $\{\mathsf \{M\}\}_g$; each one corresponds to a different multiindex $\vec\{l\}=(l_0,l_1,\dots )$ identifying a notion of stability: $\vec\{l\}$-stability. Then, we determine the choices of $\vec\{l\}$ for which $r$-spin structures form a finite torsor over the moduli of $\vec\{l\}$-stable curves.},
affiliation = {Université de Grenoble I Institut Fourier UMR 5582 CNRS 100 rue des Maths BP 74 38402 St Martin d’H�res (France)},
author = {Chiodo, Alessandro},
journal = {Annales de l’institut Fourier},
keywords = {Spin structures; twisted curves; moduli of curves; moduli stack of curves; spin structures},
language = {eng},
number = {5},
pages = {1635-1689},
publisher = {Association des Annales de l’institut Fourier},
title = {Stable twisted curves and their $r$-spin structures},
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volume = {58},
year = {2008},
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AB - The subject of this article is the notion of $r$-spin structure: a line bundle whose $r$th power is isomorphic to the canonical bundle. Over the moduli functor ${\mathsf {M}}_g$ of smooth genus-$g$ curves, $r$-spin structures form a finite torsor under the group of $r$-torsion line bundles. Over the moduli functor $\overline{\mathsf {M}}_g$ of stable curves, $r$-spin structures form an étale stack, but both the finiteness and the torsor structure are lost.In the present work, we show how this bad picture can be definitely improved just by placing the problem in the category of Abramovich and Vistoli’s twisted curves. First, we find that within such a category there exist several different compactifications of ${\mathsf {M}}_g$; each one corresponds to a different multiindex $\vec{l}=(l_0,l_1,\dots )$ identifying a notion of stability: $\vec{l}$-stability. Then, we determine the choices of $\vec{l}$ for which $r$-spin structures form a finite torsor over the moduli of $\vec{l}$-stable curves.
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