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Descent for G-bundles over Spec B_dR in the inscribed setting

Establish descent for principal G-bundles over Spec \mathbb{B}_{dR} in the inscribed context; specifically, prove that the fibered category (Spec \mathbb{B}_{dR})^*\mathcal{B} of G-bundles is a v-stack by showing effective descent holds for such bundles. Equivalently, verify that the natural prestack of G-bundles over Spec \mathbb{B}_{dR} satisfies v-descent.

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Background

In defining the \mathbb{B}+_{dR}-affine Grassmannian, the paper requires a robust stack formalism for G-bundles over period rings. While the inscribed pullback over Spec \mathbb{B}+_{dR} is a v-stack, the analogous construction over Spec \mathbb{B}_{dR} is only shown to be a prestack because the authors do not yet have descent.

Proving descent in this context would upgrade the prestack to a v-stack, streamlining the foundations of the inscribed \mathbb{B}+{dR}/\mathbb{B}{dR} affine Grassmannian and potentially simplifying several constructions and arguments relying on moduli of bundles over these period rings.

References

Before doing so, we note that the fibered category $(Spec \mathbb{B}_dR)* B$ is not covered by \cref{thm.BG-pull-back-inscribed}. This is because we do not know if descent holds. However, we still have: Lemma ... $(Spec \mathbb{B}_dR)*B$ is an inscribed pre-stack.

Inscription, twistors, and $p$-adic periods (2508.11589 - Howe, 15 Aug 2025) in Section "The B^+_dR affine Grassmannian", Subsection "Definition and first properties" (before Lemma B_dR-BG-pullback-inscribed-prestack)