Brill–Noether loci in codimension two

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1570-5846|149|9|1535-1568

ISSN: 0010-437x

Source: Compositio Mathematica, Vol.149, Iss.9, 2013-09, pp. : 1535-1568

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Abstract

Let us consider the locus in the moduli space of curves of genus $2k$ defined by curves with a pencil of degree $k$ . Since the Brill–Noether number is equal to $- 2$ , such a locus has codimension two. Using the method of test surfaces, we compute the class of its closure in the moduli space of stable curves.