On compactifications of \mathcal{M}_{g,n} with colliding markings

arXiv2208.09745MaRDI QIDQ6408367FDOQ6408367

Authors: Vance Blankers, Sebastian Bozlee 

Publication date: 20 August 2022

Abstract: In this paper, we study all ways of constructing modular compactifications of the moduli space $mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ of $n$-pointed smooth algebraic curves of genus $g$ by allowing markings to collide. We find that for any such compactification, collisions of markings are controlled by a simplicial complex which we call the collision complex. Conversely, we identify modular compactifications of $mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ with essentially arbitrary collision complexes, including complexes not associated to any space of weighted pointed stable curves. These moduli spaces classify the modular compactifications of $mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ by nodal curves with smooth markings as well as the modular compactifications of $mathcal{M}_{1,n}$ with Gorenstein curves and smooth markings. These compactifications generalize previous constructions given by Hassett, Smyth, and Bozlee--Kuo--Neff.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Applications of tropical geometry (14T90)

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