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Twisted cubics on cubic fourfolds

Algebraic Geometry 2013-07-22 v2

Abstract

We construct a new twenty-dimensional family of projective eight-dimensional irreducible holomorphic symplectic manifolds: the compactified moduli space M_3(Y) of twisted cubics on a smooth cubic fourfold Y that does not contain a plane is shown to be smooth and to admit a contraction M_3(Y) -> Z(Y) to a projective eight-dimensional symplectic manifold Z(Y). The construction is based on results on linear determinantal representations of singular cubic surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1305.0178,
  title  = {Twisted cubics on cubic fourfolds},
  author = {Christian Lehn and Manfred Lehn and Christoph Sorger and Duco van Straten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.0178},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

A proof that Z(Y) is simply-connected and irreducible hyperk\"ahler has been added. A couple of typos corrected

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