# The resolution of the universal Abel map via tropical geometry and applications

## TL;DR

This paper provides an explicit resolution of the universal Abel map using tropical geometry techniques and applies this to describe the double ramification cycle in algebraic geometry.

## Contribution

It introduces a new explicit resolution of the universal Abel map via tropical geometry and relates it to the double ramification cycle.

## Key findings

- Explicit resolution of the universal Abel map constructed.
- Resolution inspired by tropical analogue in generalized cone complexes.
- Application to describing the double ramification cycle.

## Abstract

Let $g$ and $n$ be nonnegative integers and $\mathcal A=(a_0,\dots,a_n)$ a sequence of $n+1$ integers summing up to $d$. Let $\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,n+1}$ be the moduli space of $(n+1)$-pointed stable curves of genus $g$ and $\overline{\mathcal J}_{\mu,g}\rightarrow \overline{\mathcal M}_{g,1}$ be the Esteves' universal Jacobian, where $\mu$ is a universal genus-$g$ polarization of degree $d$. We give an explicit resolution of the universal Abel map $\alpha_{\mathcal A,\mu}\colon \overline{\mathcal M}_{g,n+1}\dashrightarrow \overline{\mathcal J}_{\mu,g}$, taking a pointed curve $(X,p_0,\dots,p_n)$ to $\mathcal{O}_X(\sum_{0\le i\le n} a_ip_i)$. The blowup of $\overline{\mathcal M}_{g,n+1}$ giving rise to the resolution is inspired by the resolution of the tropical analogue of the map $\alpha_{\mathcal A,\mu}$ (in the category of generalized cone complexes). As an application, we describe the double ramification cycle in terms of the universal sheaf inducing the resolution of the map $\alpha_{\mathcal A,\mu}$.