We develop a virtual cycle approach towards generalized Donaldson-Thomas theory of Calabi-Yau threefolds. Let 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 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 [ M] vir . We show that it is invariant under deformations of the complex structure of W .
Let σ be a stability condition on the bounded derived category D b (CohW ) of a Calabi-Yau threefold W and M a moduli stack of σ-semistable objects of fixed topological type. We define generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariants which act as virtual counts of objects in M by generalizing the approach introduced by Kiem, Li and the author in the case of semistable sheaves.We construct an associated Deligne-Mumford stack M, called the C * -rigidified Kirwan partial desingularization of M, with an induced semi-perfect obstruction theory of virtual dimension zero, and define the generalized Donaldson-Thomas invariant via Kirwan blowups to be the degree of the associated virtual cycle [ M] vir . This is invariant under deformations of the complex structure of W . Examples of applications include Bridgeland stability, polynomial stability, Gieseker and slope stability.
We introduce the notion of almost perfect obstruction theory on a Deligne–Mumford stack and show that stacks with almost perfect obstruction theories have virtual structure sheaves, which are deformation invariant. The main components in the construction are an induced embedding of the coarse moduli sheaf of the intrinsic normal cone into the associated obstruction sheaf stack and the construction of a $K$-theoretic Gysin map for sheaf stacks. We show that many stacks of interest admit almost perfect obstruction theories. As a result, we are able to define virtual structure sheaves and $K$-theoretic classical and generalized Donaldson–Thomas invariants of sheaves and complexes on Calabi–Yau three-folds.
Let
$\sigma $
be a stability condition on the bounded derived category
$D^b({\mathop{\mathrm {Coh}}\nolimits } W)$
of a Calabi–Yau threefold W and
$\mathcal {M}$
a moduli stack parametrizing
$\sigma $
-semistable objects of fixed topological type. We define generalized Donaldson–Thomas invariants which act as virtual counts of objects in
$\mathcal {M}$
, fully generalizing the approach introduced by Kiem, Li and the author in the case of semistable sheaves. We construct an associated proper Deligne–Mumford stack
$\widetilde {\mathcal {M}}^{\mathbb {C}^{\ast }}$
, called the
$\mathbb {C}^{\ast }$
-rigidified intrinsic stabilizer reduction of
$\mathcal {M}$
, with an induced semiperfect obstruction theory of virtual dimension zero, and define the generalized Donaldson–Thomas invariant via Kirwan blowups to be the degree of the associated virtual cycle
$[\widetilde {\mathcal {M}}]^{\mathrm {vir}} \in A_0(\widetilde {\mathcal {M}})$
. This stays invariant under deformations of the complex structure of W. Applications include Bridgeland stability, polynomial stability, Gieseker and slope stability.
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