Semi-orthogonal decompositions of GIT quotient stacks

Abstract

If G is a reductive group acting on a linearized smooth scheme X then we show that under suitable standard conditions the derived category \({{{\mathcal {D}}}}(X^{ss}{/}G)\) of the corresponding GIT quotient stack \(X^{ss}{/}G\) has a semi-orthogonal decomposition consisting of derived categories of coherent sheaves of rings on \(X^{ss}{/\!\!/}G\) which are locally of finite global dimension. One of the components of the decomposition is a certain non-commutative resolution of \(X^{ss}{/\!\!/}G\) constructed earlier by the authors. As a concrete example we obtain in the case of odd Pfaffians a semi-orthogonal decomposition of the corresponding quotient stack in which all the parts are certain specific non-commutative crepant resolutions of Pfaffians of lower or equal rank which had also been constructed earlier by the authors. In particular this semi-orthogonal decomposition cannot be refined further since its parts are Calabi–Yau. The results in this paper complement results by Halpern–Leistner, Ballard–Favero–Katzarkov and Donovan–Segal that assert the existence of a semi-orthogonal decomposition of \({{{\mathcal {D}}}}(X/G)\) in which one of the parts is \({{{\mathcal {D}}}}(X^{ss}/G)\).