Cycle classes on the moduli of \(K3\) surfaces in positive characteristic (Q2514454)

Let \(k\) be a field of positive characteristic \(p>2\), and let \(\mathcal{M}_d\) denote the moduli space of \(K3\) surfaces with a polarization of degree \(d\), prime to the characteristic of the field \(k\). One has 20 strata \(\mathcal{V}_w\) parametrized by a so-called final elements \(w=w_i\) with \(i=1,\dots, 20\) in a Weyl group. The strata \(\mathcal{V}_{w_j}\) for \(j=1,\dots , 10\) are the strata of \(K3\) surfaces whose formal Brauer group has finite height \(j\), the stratum \(\mathcal{V}_{w_{11}}\) is the supersingular stratum, and the strata indexed by \(w_j\) for \(j=12,\dots, 20\) correspond to supersingular \(K3\) surfaces with Artin invariant \(21-j\). Their result expresses the cycle classes of these strata as follows using the Hodge class \(\lambda_1=c_1(\pi_*\Omega^2_{\mathcal{X}/\mathcal{M}_d}\in \text{CH}^1_{\mathbb{Q}}(\mathcal{M}_d)\) with \(\pi:\mathcal{X}\rightarrow\mathcal{M}_d\) the universal \(K3\) surface:{\parindent=6mm \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] \([\overline{\mathcal{V}}_{w_j}]=\prod_{k=1}^{j-1}(p^k-1)\lambda_1^{j-1}\) if \(1\leq j\leq 10\),\item [(ii)] \([\overline{\mathcal{V}}_{w_{11}}]=\frac{1}{2}\prod_{k=1}^{10}(p^k-1)\lambda_1^{10}\),\item [(iii)] \([\overline{\mathcal{V}}_{w_{10+j}}]=\frac{1}{2}\left(\prod_{k=j}^{10}(p^{2k}-1)\right)/\left(\prod_{\ell=1}^{11-j}(p^{\ell}+1)\right)\lambda_1^{9+j}\) if \(2\leq j\leq 10\). \end{itemize}} The second author adds the following comment at the end of the Introduction: ``The original version of this paper was put on arXiv on April 15, 2011 (\url{arXiv:1104.3024v1}). On November 23, 2011, Torsten Ekedahl suddenly died. The second author has revised this paper trying to improve the exposition and add more explanation. The mathematical content is essentially the same as in the original preprint.''