On the degeneration of étale \(\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z\) and \(\mathbb Z/p^2\mathbb Z\)-torsors in equal characteristic \(p>0\) (Q2472508)

Let \(R\) be a complete valuation ring with equal characteristic \(p>0\), with fraction field \(K\) and residue field \(k\). Let \(X\) be a formal \(R\)-scheme of finite type, which is normal, connected and flat over \(R\) such that both the generic fiber \(X_K\) and the special fiber \(X_k\) over \(\text{Spec} R\) are geometrically integral. In this paper studied is how an étale \(\mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}\)-torsor over the generic fiber \(X_K\) extends to a torsor over \(X\) under a suitable group scheme for \(n=1,2\) under certain condition. In the case \(n=1\), the group schemes that arise as the group of the torsor are determined. In the case \(n=2\), the degeneration of étale \(\mathbb{Z}/p^2\mathbb{Z}\)-torsors is classified with locally given ``explicit canonical integral equations'' that describe the reduction of \(p^2\)-cyclic covers in equal characteristic \(p>0\).