Torsion freeness theorems for higher direct images of canonical sheaves by a certain convex Kähler morphism (Q1282245)

This paper studies torsion freeness and vanishing theorems of higher direct image sheaves by a certain non-proper morphism. The main result is as follows. Let \(f: X \rightarrow Y\) be a surjective morphism of analytic spaces of pure dimension provided with a relative exhaustion function \(\Phi : X \rightarrow [a,b)\) and \(E\) a holomorphic vector bundle on \(X\). Suppose that \(X\) is non-singular of pure dimension \(n\) and has a Kaehler metric to which \(\Phi\) is strongly hyper \(q\) convex on \(\{\Phi > e \}\) with \(e \in (a,b)\); and \(E\) is Nakano semi-positive on \(X\). Then \( R^{r}f_{*} \Omega_{X}^{n}(E)=0\) if \(r \geq q\) and \(R^{s}f_{!} O_{X}(E^{*}) = 0\) if \( s \leq n-q-\dim_{C}Y \), where \(R^{s}f_{!}\) denotes the direct image with proper support and \(E^{*}\) the dual of \(E\).