Twistor spaces of K3 surfaces are non-Kähler compact complex manifolds which play a fundamental role in the moduli theory of K3 surfaces. They come equipped with a holomorphic submersion to the complex projective line which under the period map corresponds to a twistor line in the K3-period domain. In this talk I will explain how one can view a twistor line as a certain base point in the linear cycle space of the period domain. Then, based on joint work in progress with Daniel Greb, Tim Kirschner and Martin Schwald I will present new results concerning the deformations of twistor spaces of K3 surfaces and their relation to the cycle space of the period domain.[-]

Bogomolov and Mumford proved that every complex projective K3 surface contains a rational curve. Since then, a lot of progress has been made by Bogomolov, Chen, Hassett, Li, Liedtke, Tschinkel and others, towards the stronger statement that any such surface in fact contains infinitely many rational curves. In this talk I will present joint work with Xi Chen and Christian Liedtke completing the remaining cases of this conjecture, reproving some of the main previously known cases more conceptually and extending the result to arbitrary genus in a suitable sense.[-]

A pair consisting of a K3 surface and a non-symplectic automorphism of order three is called an Eisenstein K3 surface. We introduce an invariant of Eisenstein K3 surfaces, which we obtain using the equivariant analytic torsion of an Eisenstein K3 surface and the analytic torsion of its fixed locus. Then this invariant gives rise to a function on the moduli space of Eisenstein K3 surfaces, which consists of 24 connected components and each of which is a complex ball quotient depending on the topological type of the automorphism of order three. Our main result is that, for each topological type, the invariant is expressed as the product of the Petersson norms of two kinds of automorphic forms, one is an automorphic form on the complex ball and the other is a Siegel modular form. In many cases, the automorphic form on the complex ball obtained in this way is a so-called reflective modular form. In some cases, this automorphic form is obtained as the restriction of an explicit Borcherds product to the complex ball. This is a joint work with Shu Kawaguchi.[-]

This lecture series will be an introduction to stability conditions on derived categories, wall-crossing, and its applications to birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves. I will assume a passing familiarity with derived categories.

- Introduction to stability conditions. I will start with a gentle review of aspects of derived categories. Then an informal introduction to Bridgeland's notion of stability conditions on derived categories [2, 5, 6]. I will then proceed to explain the concept of wall-crossing, both in theory, and in examples [1, 2, 4, 6].

- Wall-crossing and birational geometry. Every moduli space of Bridgeland-stable objects comes equipped with a canonically defined nef line bundle. This systematically explains the connection between wall-crossing and birational geometry of moduli spaces. I will explain and illustrate the underlying construction [7].

- Applications : Moduli spaces of sheaves on $K3$ surfaces. I will explain how one can use the theory explained in the previous talk in order to systematically study the birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves, focussing on $K3$ surfaces [1, 8].[-]

This lecture series will be an introduction to stability conditions on derived categories, wall-crossing, and its applications to birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves. I will assume a passing familiarity with derived categories.

- Introduction to stability conditions. I will start with a gentle review of aspects of derived categories. Then an informal introduction to Bridgeland's notion of stability conditions on derived categories [2, 5, 6]. I will then proceed to explain the concept of wall-crossing, both in theory, and in examples [1, 2, 4, 6].

- Wall-crossing and birational geometry. Every moduli space of Bridgeland-stable objects comes equipped with a canonically defined nef line bundle. This systematically explains the connection between wall-crossing and birational geometry of moduli spaces. I will explain and illustrate the underlying construction [7].

- Applications : Moduli spaces of sheaves on $K3$ surfaces. I will explain how one can use the theory explained in the previous talk in order to systematically study the birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves, focussing on $K3$ surfaces [1, 8].[-]

This lecture series will be an introduction to stability conditions on derived categories, wall-crossing, and its applications to birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves. I will assume a passing familiarity with derived categories.

- Introduction to stability conditions. I will start with a gentle review of aspects of derived categories. Then an informal introduction to Bridgeland's notion of stability conditions on derived categories [2, 5, 6]. I will then proceed to explain the concept of wall-crossing, both in theory, and in examples [1, 2, 4, 6].

- Wall-crossing and birational geometry. Every moduli space of Bridgeland-stable objects comes equipped with a canonically defined nef line bundle. This systematically explains the connection between wall-crossing and birational geometry of moduli spaces. I will explain and illustrate the underlying construction [7].

- Applications : Moduli spaces of sheaves on $K3$ surfaces. I will explain how one can use the theory explained in the previous talk in order to systematically study the birational geometry of moduli spaces of sheaves, focussing on $K3$ surfaces [1, 8].[-]

I will first introduce K3 surfaces and determine their algebraic deRham cohomology. Next, we will see that crystalline cohomology (no prior knowledge assumed) is the "right" replacement for singular cohomology in positive characteristic. Then, we will look at one particular class of K3 surfaces more closely, namely, supersingular K3 surfaces. These have Picard rank 22 (note: in characteristic zero, at most rank 20 is possible) and form 9-dimensional moduli spaces. For supersingular K3 surfaces, we will see that there exists a period map and a Torelli theorem in terms of crystalline cohomology. As an application of the crystalline Torelli theorem, we will show that a K3 surface is supersingular if and only if it is unirational.[-]

In the 80's Beauville generalized several foundational results of Nikulin on automorphism groups of K3 surfaces to hyperkähler manifolds. Since then the study of automorphism groups of hyperkähler manifolds and in particular of hyperkähler fourfolds got very much attention. I will present some classification results for automorphisms on hyperkähler fourfolds that are deformation equivalent to the Hilbert scheme of two points on a K3 surface and describe some explicit examples. I will give particular attention to double EPW sextics, that admit in a natural way a non-symplectic involution. Time permitting I will show how the rich geometry of double EPW sextics has an important connection to a classical question of U. Morin (1930).[-]

In the 80's Beauville generalized several foundational results of Nikulin on automorphism groups of K3 surfaces to hyperkähler manifolds. Since then the study of automorphism groups of hyperkähler manifolds and in particular of hyperkähler fourfolds got very much attention. I will present some classification results for automorphisms on hyperkähler fourfolds that are deformation equivalent to the Hilbert scheme of two points on a K3 surface and describe some explicit examples. I will give particular attention to double EPW sextics, that admit in a natural way a non-symplectic involution. Time permitting I will show how the rich geometry of double EPW sextics has an important connection to a classical question of U. Morin (1930).[-]