Very ampleness for Theta on the compactified Jacobian (Q1374736)

The Jacobian \(J\) of a complete, smooth, connected curve \(X\) admits a canonical divisor \(\Theta\), called the Theta divisor. It is well-known that \(\Theta\) is ample and, in fact, \(3\Theta\) is very ample. For a general complete, integral curve \(X\), \textit{D'Souza} constructed a compactification \(\overline J\) of the Jacobian \(J\) by considering torsion-free, rank 1 sheaves on \(X\). -- \textit{A. Soucaris} and the author considered independently the analogous Theta divisor \(\Theta\) on \(\overline J\), and showed that \(\Theta\) is ample. In this article we show that \(n\Theta\) is very ample for \(n\) at least equal to a specified lower bound. If \(X\) has at most ordinary nodes or cusps as singularities, then our lower bound is 3. Our main tool is to use theta sections associated to vector bundles on \(X\) to embed \(\overline J\) into a projective space.