arXiv · math/0309217
Moduli spaces of curves with effective r-spin structures
Abstract
We introduce the moduli stack of pointed curves equipped with effective $r$-spin structures: these are effective divisors $D$ such that $rD$ is a canonical divisor modified at marked points. We prove that this moduli space is smooth and compute its dimension. We also prove that it always contains a component that projects birationally to the locus $S^0$ in the moduli space of $r$-spin curves consisting of $r$-spin structures $L$ such that $h^0(L)\neq 0$. Finally, we study the relation between the locus $S^0$ and Witten's virtual top Chern class.
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Alexander Polishchuk. 2003-10-31. Moduli spaces of curves with effective r-spin structures. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0309217
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