Coherent systems on curves of compact type (Q2207468)

Let \(X\) be a projective curve (even not integral). A coherent system on \(X\) is a pair \((E,V)\), where \(E\) is a depth \(1\) sheaf on \(X\) and \(V\) is a linear subspace of \(H^0(E)\). The discrete invariants of \((X,V)\) are the rank and degree of \(E\) and the integer \(k:= \dim V\). There is the notion of stability for the pair \((E,V)\) depending a the real paramenter \(\alpha\) and moduli spaces for \(\alpha\)-stable/semistable coherent system [\textit{A. D. King} and \textit{P. E. Newstead}, Int. J. Math. 6, No. 5, 733--748 (1995; Zbl 0861.14028)]. In the paper under review the authors start the study of coherent system when \(X\) is reducible nodal curve of compact type. They fix a polarization \(w\) on \(X\), i.e. on \(X\), i.e. a positive integer for each irreducible component, and consider \((w,\alpha)\) stability, mainly for \(\alpha\) large. If \(k>r\) they prove the existence of \(\beta\in \mathbb{R}\) such that for all \(\alpha >\beta\) \(V\) generically spans \(E\) for each \((w,\alpha)\)-stable. Then they get smoothness and the expected dimension for the moduli space if the restrictions of \(E\) to each component \(X_i\) has degree \(\ge \max \{2p_a(X_i)+1,p_a(X_i)+r\}\). Many strong results are obtained in the case \(k=r+1\).