The Abel-Jacobi isomorphism for one-cycles on Kirwan's log resolution of the moduli space \(\mathcal{SU}_C(2,\mathcal O_C)\) (Q475827)

The paper under review studies the Abel-Jacobi map associated to the Chow group of one-cycles on certain moduli space of stable vector bundles on a curve. Let \(C\) be a smooth complex projective curve of genus \(g\geq 2\). Let \(M = \mathcal{SU}(r,L)\) be the moduli space of semi-stable vector bundles of rank \(r\) and of fixed determinant \(L\) on \(C\). When \(L=\mathcal{O}_C(x)\) for some point \(x\in C\), the moduli space \(M\) is known to be smooth projective of dimension \((r^2-1)(g-1)\). They are also examples of Fano varieties. When \(r=2\), the Chow groups \(\mathrm{CH}^2(M)\) and \(\mathrm{CH}_1(M)\) were obtained by \textit{V. Balaji} et al. [Topology 36, No. 2, 567--577 (1997; Zbl 0915.14015)] and \textit{I. Choe} and \textit{J.-M. Hwang} [Math. Z. 253, No. 2, 281--293 (2006; Zbl 1102.14002)]. The paper deals with the case when \(r=2\) and \(L=\mathcal{O}_C\). The author proves that the Abel-Jacobi map on the Chow group of 1-cycles is an isomorphism. In this case, the moduli space \(M\) is no longer smooth. Hence the Abel--Jacobi map is defined on the relative Chow group of homologically trivial 1-cycles, which is based on [\textit{M. Kerr} and \textit{J. D. Lewis}, Invent. Math. 170, No. 2, 355--420 (2007; Zbl 1139.14010)] and the log resolution of [\textit{F. Kirwan}, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 53, 237--266 (1986; Zbl 0607.14017)]. One key ingredient of the proof is a result of J.-M.~Hwang on the generation of Chow group of 1-cycles on \(M\) by Hecke curves.