Correlated double ramification cycle formula
Algebraic Geometry
2025-09-30 v1
Abstract
We prove a refinement of Pixton's formula for the double ramification cycle with target variety which takes into account the correlator of a rubber map previously introduced by the authors. To do so, we need to: reinterpret the correlator in terms of (logarithmic) roots of the trivial line bundle; refine the natural stratification of the boundary of moduli of maps to keep track of how torsion line bundles on the target variety pull-back. We apply the refined DR cycle formula to compute 0-correlated invariants for genus g curve with points and a -class insertion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.24721,
title = {Correlated double ramification cycle formula},
author = {Thomas Blomme and Francesca Carocci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.24721},
year = {2025}
}
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