Surfaces with \(K^{2}=8, p_{g}=4\) and canonical involution (Q1043691)

This paper is devoted to the complete classification of regular surfaces with \(K^2=8\), \(p_g=4\) whose canonical map is composed with an involution. It is shown that the quotient surface is either rational or of general type and in this last case the canonical map has degree 4. Six unirational families of such surfaces are obtained of which two form irreducible components of the moduli space of surfaces with \(K^2=8\), \(p_g=4\). It is also shown that these surfaces hit three different topological types.