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Generalized Donaldson-Thomas Invariants via Kirwan Blowups (1712.02544v2)
Published 7 Dec 2017 in math.AG and hep-th
Abstract: We develop a virtual cycle approach towards generalized Donaldson-Thomas theory of Calabi-Yau threefolds. Let $\mathcal{M}$ be the moduli stack of Gieseker semistable sheaves of fixed topological type on a Calabi-Yau threefold $W$. We construct an associated Deligne-Mumford stack $\widetilde{\mathcal{M}}$ with an induced semi-perfect obstruction theory of virtual dimension zero and define the generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariant of $W$ via Kirwan blowups to be the degree of the virtual cycle $[\widetilde{\mathcal{M}}]{\mathrm{vir}}$. We show that it is invariant under deformations of the complex structure of $W$.