Vector bundles over normal varieties trivialized by finite morphisms (Q658316)

Let \(Y\) be a normal projective variety over an algebraically closed field \(k\) and \(V\) a vector bundle over \(Y\). The main purpose of the paper is to prove that if there exist a \(k\)-scheme \(X\) and a finite surjective morphism \(g: X\to Y\) that trivializes \(V\) then \(V\) is essentially finite. Other result (of independent interest) is that a finite and surjective morphism \(g: X\to Y\) between normal and projective varieties, étale outside a closed set of codimension 2 in \(Y\), factors through a Galois étale cover \(g': X'\to Y\) if and only if there exists a nontrivial vector bundle \(V\) on \(Y\) such that \(g^{\ast} (V)\) is trivial on \(X\).