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Logarithmic moduli of roots of line bundles on curves

Algebraic Geometry 2024-06-25 v2

Abstract

We use the theory of logarithmic line bundles to construct compactifications of spaces of roots of a line bundle on a family of curves, generalising work of a number of authors. This runs via a study of the torsion in the tropical and logarithmic jacobians (recently constructed by Molcho and Wise). Our moduli space carries a `double ramification cycle' measuring the locus where the given root is isomorphic to the trivial bundle, and we give a tautological formula for this class in the language of piecewise polynomial functions (as recently developed by Molcho-Pandharipande-Schmitt and Holmes-Schwarz).

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@article{arxiv.2201.06869,
  title  = {Logarithmic moduli of roots of line bundles on curves},
  author = {David Holmes and Giulio Orecchia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06869},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

27 pages. Very close to published version. Comments still very welcome!