L-spaces, taut foliations, and graph manifolds

Abstract

If $Y$ is a closed orientable graph manifold, we show that $Y$ admits a coorientable taut foliation if and only if $Y$ is not an L-space. Combined with previous work of Boyer and Clay, this implies that $Y$ is an L-space if and only if $\pi_1(Y)$ is not left-orderable.