Moriwaki divisors and the augmented base loci of divisors on the moduli space of curves (Q333259)

The paper under review has a main theorem from which the authors draw 4 interesting corollaries. Main theorem. An \(\mathbb R\)-Cartier divisor \(D\) on the moduli space of curves \(\overline{M}_g\) is strictly Moriwaki iff the augmented base locus of \(D\) lies in the boundary \(\partial \overline{M}_g\) of \(\overline{M}_g\). A divisor \(D\) on \(\overline{M}_g\) is a \textit{Moriwaki divisor} if \(D\) is numerically effective away from the boundary \(\partial \overline{M}_g\). The set of Moriwaki divisors form a closed polyhedral cone and the authors of the present paper define a divisor \(D\) to be \textit{strictly} Moriwaki if \(D\) belongs to the interior of this cone (the authors abbreviate Moriwaki divisor to \(M\)-divisor). The augmented base locus of a divisor is a slight enlargement of the base locus of a divisor. Non-trivially, the augmented base locus \(\text{B}_+(D)\) of a divisor \(D\) may be characterised as the maximal closed locus for which every closed sublocus \(Z\) has the property that \(D|_Z\) is not big [\textit{M. Nakamaye}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 355, No. 2, 551--566 (2003; Zbl 1017.14017)]. The authors remark that their main theorem gives another proof that every non-zero nef divisor on \(\overline{M}_g\) is big (see Theorem 0.9 in [\textit{A. Gibney} et al., J. Am. Math. Soc. 15, No. 2, 273--294 (2002; Zbl 0993.14009)] for the original version). There are 4 additional corollaries of the main theorem which we roughly state below, sacrificing accuracy for the sake of brevity. Corollary 1. Let \(D\) be a divisor with base locus contained in the boundary of \(\overline{M}_g\). Then sufficiently high powers of \(D\) induce rational maps restricting to isomorphisms on \(M_g\) iff \(D\) is strictly Moriwaki. Corollary 2. The log canonical maps \(f_\alpha : \overline{M}_g \to \overline{M}_g(\alpha)\) of Hassett and Hyeon restrict to an isomorphism on \(M_g\) iff \(\alpha > \frac{3g+8}{8g+4}\). Corollary 3. A divisor with Ithaka dimension \(\kappa(D) \geq 1\) has \(CKM\)-Zariski decomposition iff \(D\) is Moriwaki. In particular, in the range \(g \geq 22\) the canonical divisor does not admit a \(CKM\)-Zariski decomposition. Corollary 4. A rational map from \(\overline{M}_g\) onto a minimal model can not be extended to a regular map if \(\kappa(\overline{M}_g) \geq 1\), e.g., when \(g \geq 22\).