Néron models of intermediate Jacobians associated to moduli spaces (Q2206771)

Given a family \(X\) of smooth curves degenerating to a one-nodal curve \(X_0\), one can consider the Gieseker moduli space \(\mathcal{G}_{X_t}(2,\mathcal{L} _t)\) of semistable vector bundles of rank two and a determinant of odd degree which also varies in a family. For every smooth curve \(X_t\) in the family, one can consider the intermediate Jacobian \(J^i(\mathcal{G}_{X_t}(2,\mathcal{L} _t))\), and all these intermediate Jacobians fit together in one analytic family. To extend this at \(t=0\), different Neron models, constructed Clemens, Saito, Schnell, Zucker and Green-Griffiths-Kerr, are available. In this paper, the authors prove that all these Neron models coincide, and, moreover, they give a description of the special fiber and they prove that it is a semi-abelian varieties in some cases. In particular, in the case of the second intermediate Jacobian, the special fiber is isomorphic to the second generalized intermediate Jacobian of \(\mathcal{G}_{X_0}(2,\mathcal{L}_0)\).