Weil-Petersson geometry for families of hyperbolic conical Riemann surfaces (Q538005)

A weighted punctured Riemann surface is a compact surface \(X\) together with a real divisor \({\mathbf a} = \sum_{j=1}^n a_j p_j\) with weights \(0<a_j \leq 1\) at the punctures \(p_j\). If, and only if, a Gauss-Bonnet theorem holds on the surface, then it carries a hyperbolic conical metric with cone angles \(2\pi (1-a_j)\) at the punctures \(p_j\). The paper under review studies the Weil-Petersson geometry in this conical case and develops a theory analogous to the classical case. For example, it is shown that the classical formula of \textit{S. A. Wolpert} holds [Invent. Math. 85, 119--145 (1986; Zbl 0595.32031)], implying the Kähler property of the Weil-Petersson metric, and the curvature tensor of the Weil-Petersson metric is computed, amongst other results.