English

Rational curves on \bar{M}_g and K3 surfaces

Algebraic Geometry 2015-03-31 v2

Abstract

Let (S,L)(S,L) be a smooth primitively polarized K3 surface of genus gg and f:XP1f:X \rightarrow \mathbb{P}^1 the fibration defined by a linear pencil in L|L|. For ff general and g7g \geq 7, we work out the splitting type of the locally free sheaf ΨfTMg\Psi^{*}_f T_{{\overline{M}}_g}, where Ψf\Psi_f is the modular morphism associated to ff. We show that this splitting type encodes the fundamental geometrical information attached to Mukai's projection map PgMg\mathcal{P}_g \rightarrow \overline{\mathcal{M}}_g, where Pg\mathcal{P}_g is the stack parameterizing pairs (S,C)(S,C) with (S,L)(S,L) as above and CLC \in |L| a stable curve. Moreover, we work out conditions on a fibration ff to induce a modular morphism Ψf\Psi_f such that the normal sheaf NΨfN_{\Psi_f} is locally free.

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@article{arxiv.1208.3317,
  title  = {Rational curves on \bar{M}_g and K3 surfaces},
  author = {Luca Benzo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.3317},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

published version, revisions in the exposition, minor mistakes corrected