The compactified Picard scheme of the compactified Jacobian (Q2577005)

Let \(J\) be the generalized Jacobian of an integral projective curve \(C\) over an algebraically closed field, and let \(\overline J\) its compactification parametrizing torsion-free sheaves of rank 1 and degree 0 on \(C\). Suppose that \(C\) has at worst double points as singularities and is of positive genus, for a fixed line bundle \({\mathcal L}\) of degree 1, the Abel map \(A_{{\mathcal L}}: C\to\overline J\) is a closed embedding. In a previous paper jointly with \textit{M. Cagné} [J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 65, No. 3, 591--610 (2002; Zbl 1060.14045)] the authors proved that the pullback map \(A^*_{{\mathcal L}}: \text{Pic}^0_{\overline J}\to J\) is an isomorphism which is independent of \({\mathcal L}\). The closure of \(\text{Pic}^0_{\overline J}\) in the moduli space of torsion-free sheaves of rank 1 on \(\overline J\) is a natural compactification. The main result of the paper under review is Theorem 4.1. Let \(C/S\) be a flat projective family of integral curves with at worst ordinary nodes and cusps, then the extended map \(A^*_{{\mathcal L}}\) is an isomorphism.