Upper bounds for the essential dimension of the moduli stack of ${\sl_{n}}$-bundles over a curve
arXiv:0908.0309
Abstract
We find upper bounds for the essential dimension of various moduli stacks of $\sln$-bundles over a curve. When is a prime power, our calculation computes the essential dimension of the stack of stable bundles exactly and the essential dimension is not equal to the dimension in this case.