Abstract: In this talk, we will describe the construction of surfaces
of general type via abelian covers, as introduced by R. Pardini. We
will then utilize this method to explore the invariants obtained
through such techniques. In particular, we will describe hypotheses
under which this technique generates an entire moduli space component
and how specific branch locus degenerations induce boundary loci in
the corresponding KSBA compactification of the moduli space. This work
is a collaboration with Jayan Mukherjee and builds upon previous
research with L. Schaffler, G. Pearlstein, and Z. Zhang.
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