A sharp bound for the slope of double cover fibrations (Q1001942)

One of the main invariants of a fibration \(f:S\longrightarrow B\) of a surface \(S\) over a smooth complete curve \(B\) of genus \(\gamma\geq 0\) is the slope \[ s(f)=\frac{(\omega_f\cdot\omega_f)}{\deg f_*\omega_f} \] where \(\omega_f=\omega_S\otimes (f^*\omega_B)^{-1}\). It is well-known that, if \(g\geq 2\) is the genus of a fibre, the \textit{slope inequality} holds: \[ s(f)\geq \frac{4(g-1)}{g} \] This bound is sharp and it is reached by some hyperelliptic fibrations. The two authors show that, for double covers of curves of genus \(\gamma \neq 0\) with \(g\geq 4\gamma+1\), a sharp bound for the slope is given by \[ s(f)\geq \frac{4(g-1)}{g-\gamma} \] They also characterize the fibrations that reach the bound as double covers of locally trival genus-\(\gamma\) fibrations with some mild conditions on the branch locus \(R\).