Deformation of the O'Grady moduli spaces

Abstract

In this paper we study moduli spaces of sheaves on an abelian or projective K3 surface. If S is a K3, v = 2w is a Mukai vector on S, where w is primitive and w(2) = 2, and H is a v-generic polarization on S, then the moduli space M-v of H-semistable sheaves on S whose Mukai vector is v admits a symplectic resolution (M) over tilde (v). A particular case is the 10-dimensional O'Grady example (M) over tilde (10) of an irreducible symplectic manifold. We show that (M) over tilde (v) is an irreducible symplectic manifold which is deformation equivalent to (M) over tilde (10) and that H-2 (M-v, Z) is Hodge isometric to the sublattice v(perpendicular to) of the Mukai lattice of S. Similar results are shown when S is an abelian surface.