Line bundles on the moduli space of Lie algebroid connections over a curve (Q6553369)

The notion of Lie algebroids, introduced by \textit{J. Pradines} [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 263, 907--910 (1966; Zbl 0147.41102); ibid. 264, 245--248 (1967; Zbl 0154.21704)], provides a framework for studying differential groupoids and arises naturally from the vector fields on smooth manifolds. The theory of Lie algebroids and Lie algebroid connections has been extensively explored in different contexts. In this paper, the authors study moduli spaces of Lie algebroid connections. These moduli spaces serve as natural generalizations of moduli spaces of holomorphic, logarithmic, and meromorphic connections, as well as decorated vector bundles.\N\NThe paper's primary objective is to compute algebro-geometric invariants, such as the Picard group, regular function, rational connectedness, of the moduli space of Lie algebroid \((\mathcal{L})\) connections over a compact Riemann surface. One of the main results of this paper is the construction of a smooth compactification of the moduli space of \(\mathcal{L}\)-connections on a compact Riemann surface, such that underlying vector bundle is stable. The complement of the moduli space in the compactification is a divisor and the paper provides a criterion for the numerical effectiveness of the boundary divisor. The authors compute the Picard group of the moduli space. They show that regular functions on the space of certain Lie algebroid connections are constants.