On the automorphisms of Hassett's moduli spaces

Abstract: Let

o v e r l i n e {m a t h c a l M}_{g, A [n]}

be the moduli stack parametrizing weighted stable curves, and let

o v e r l i n e M_{g, A [n]}

be its coarse moduli space. These spaces have been introduced by B. Hassett, as compactifications of

m a t h c a l M_{g, n}

and

M_{g, n}

respectively, by assigning rational weights

A = (a_{1}, ..., a_{n})

,

0 < a_{i} l e q 1

to the markings. In particular, the classical Deligne-Mumford compactification arises for

a_{1} = ... = a_{n} = 1

. In genus zero some of these spaces appear as intermediate steps of the blow-up construction of

o v e r l i n e M_{0, n}

developed by M. Kapranov, while in higher genus they may be related to the LMMP on

o v e r l i n e M_{g, n}

. We compute the automorphism groups of most of the Hassett's spaces appearing in the Kapranov's blow-up construction. Furthermore, if

g g e q 1

we compute the automorphism groups of all Hassett's spaces. In particular, we prove that if

g g e q 1

and

2 g - 2 + n g e q 3

then the automorphism groups of both

o v e r l i n e {m a t h c a l M}_{g, A [n]}

and

o v e r l i n e M_{g, A [n]}

are isomorphic to a subgroup of

S_{n}

whose elements are permutations preserving the weight data in a suitable sense.

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