Moduli of weighted stable elliptic surfaces and invariance of log plurigenera

Abstract

Motivated by Hassett's weighted pointed stable curves, we use the log minimal model program to construct compact moduli spaces parameterizing weighted stable elliptic surfaces — elliptic fibrations with section and marked fibers each weighted between zero and one. Moreover, we show that the domain of weights admits a wall and chamber structure, describe the induced wall-crossing morphisms on the moduli spaces as the weight vector varies, and describe the surfaces that appear on the boundary of the moduli space. The main technical result is a proof of invariance of log plurigenera for slc elliptic surface pairs with arbitrary weights.