Large genus asymptotics for intersection numbers and principal strata volumes of quadratic differentials

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Abstract: In this paper we analyze the large genus asymptotics for intersection numbers between psi-classes, also called correlators, on the moduli space of stable curves. Our proofs proceed through a combinatorial analysis of the recursive relations (Virasoro constraints) that uniquely determine these correlators, together with a comparison between the coefficients in these relations with the jump probabilities of a certain asymmetric simple random walk. As an application of this result, we provide the large genus limits for Masur-Veech volumes and area Siegel-Veech constants associated with principal strata in the moduli space of quadratic differentials. These confirm predictions of Delecroix-Goujard-Zograf-Zorich from 2019.


The study of intersection numbers of \(\psi\)-classes (called correlators) on the moduli space of stable curves with marked points has been a fundamental topic in the past several decades, which has produced remarkable applications in many fields, most notably through the Kontsevich-Witten theorem. Generating functions of these correlators often satisfy fascinating relations and can be studied recursively. However, their large genus asymptotic properties are not fully understood, despite of some special cases. In particular, Delecroix-Goujard-Zograf-Zorich conjectured about a limit behavior for large genus asymptotic of correlators in certain range of the genus and the number of marked points. This conjecture was motivated from computing dynamical invariants on moduli spaces of quadratic differentials (i.e., half-translation surfaces) such as their Masur-Veech volumes and (area) Siegel-Veech constants. The main result of this paper analyzes large genus asymptotics of correlators and proves the conjectural prediction on Masur-Veech volumes and Siegel-Veech constants for moduli spaces of quadratic differentials with simple zeros. Besides various combinatorial techniques, a novel idea is to compare with the jump probabilities of a certain asymmetric simple random walk.



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