Moduli of nodal curves on K3 surfaces

Abstract: We consider modular properties of nodal curves on general

K 3

surfaces. Let

m a t h c a l K_{p}

be the moduli space of primitively polarized

K 3

surfaces

(S, L)

of genus

p g e q s l a n t 3

and

m a t h c a l V_{p, m, d e l t a} o m a t h c a l K_{p}

be the universal Severi variety of

d e l t a

--nodal irreducible curves in

| m L |

on

(S, L) i n m a t h c a l K_{p}

. We find conditions on

p, m, d e l t a

for the existence of an irreducible component

m a t h c a l V

of

m a t h c a l V_{p, m, d e l t a}

on which the moduli map

p s i : m a t h c a l V o m a t h c a l M_{g}

(with

g = m^{2} (p - 1) + 1 - d e l t a

) has generically maximal rank differential. Our results, which for any

p

leave only finitely many cases unsolved and are optimal for

m g e q s l a n t 5

(except for very low values of

p

), are summarized in Theorem 1.1 in the introduction.

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