On the arithmetic self-intersection number of the dualizing sheaf on arithmetic surfaces

Abstract

We study the arithmetic self-intersection number of the dualizing sheaf on arithmetic surfaces with respect to morphisms of a particular kind. We obtain upper bounds for the arithmetic self-intersection number of the dualizing sheaf on minimal regular models of the modular curves associated with congruence subgroups $\Gamma_0(N)$ with square free level, as well as for the modular curves X(N) and the Fermat curves with prime exponent.