The supports of higher bifurcation currents
Let be a holomorphic family of rational mappings of degree on , with marked critical points . To this data is associated a closed positive current of bidegree on , aiming to describe the simultaneous bifurcations of the marked critical points. In this note we show that the support of this current is accumulated by parameters at which eventually fall on repelling cycles. Together with results of Buff, Epstein and Gauthier, this leads to a complete characterization of .