Higher genus relative and orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants

Abstract

Given a smooth projective variety $X$ and a smooth divisor $D\subset X$. We study relative Gromov-Witten invariants of $(X,D)$ and the corresponding orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of the $r$-th root stack $X_{D,r}$. For sufficiently large $r$, we prove that orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of $X_{D,r}$ are polynomials in $r$. Moreover, higher genus relative Gromov-Witten invariants of $(X,D)$ are exactly the constant terms of the corresponding higher genus orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants of $X_{D,r}$. We also provide a new proof for the equality between genus zero relative and orbifold Gromov-Witten invariants, originally proved by Abramovich-Cadman-Wise \cite{ACW}. When $r$ is sufficiently large and $X=C$ is a curve, we prove that stationary relative invariants of $C$ are equal to the stationary orbifold invariants in all genera.

29 pages. Revised according to referees' suggestions. Including results from arXiv:1804.09905 on target curves. To appear in Geometry & Topology