Moduli space of genus one curves on cubic threefold

Abstract

Let $X$ be a smooth cubic threefold. By invoking ideas from Geometric Manin's Conjecture, we give a complete description of the main components of the Kontsevich moduli space of genus one stable maps ${\overline{M}}_{1,0}(X)$. In particular, we show that for degree $e⩾5$, there are exactly two irreducible main components, of which one generically parametrizes free curves birational onto their images, and the other corresponds to degree $e$ covers of lines. As a corollary, we classify components of the morphism space $\text{Mor}(E,X)$ for a general smooth genus one curve $E$.

arXiv comment39 pages, v2: details added and mistakes corrected in Section 4 and 5