On the Jacobian locus in the Prym locus and geodesics

Transcendental methods, Hodge theory (algebro-geometric aspects) (14C30) Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Jacobians, Prym varieties (14H40) Families, moduli of curves (analytic) (14H15) Subvarieties of abelian varieties (14K12) Period matrices, variation of Hodge structure; degenerations (32G20)

Abstract: In the paper we consider the Jacobian locus

o v e r l i n e J_{g}

and the Prym locus

o v e r l i n e P_{g + 1}

, in the moduli space

A_{g}

of principally polarized abelian varieties of dimension

g

, for

g g e q 7

, and we study the extrinsic geometry of

o v e r l i n e J_{g} s u b s e t o v e r l i n e P_{g + 1}

, under the inclusion provided by the theory of generalized Prym varieties as introduced by Beauville. More precisely, we study certain geodesic curves with respect to the Siegel metric of

A_{g}

, starting at a Jacobian variety

[J C] i n A_{g}

of a curve

[C] i n M_{g}

and with direction

z e t a i n T_{[J C]} J_{g}

. We prove that for a general

J C

, any geodesic of this kind is not contained in

o v e r l i n e J_{g}

and even in

o v e r l i n e P_{g + 1}

, if

z e t a

has rank

k < C l i f f C - 3

, where

C l i f f C

denotes the Clifford index of

C

.

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