Automorphic vector bundles with global sections on $G$-${\tt Zip}^{\mathcal Z}$-schemes

Abstract

A general conjecture is stated on the cone of automorphic vector bundles admitting nonzero global sections on schemes endowed with a smooth, surjective morphism to a stack of $G$-zips of connected-Hodge-type; such schemes should include all Hodge-type Shimura varieties with hyperspecial level. We prove our conjecture for groups of type $A_1^n$, $C_2$ and $\mathbf F_p$-split groups of type $A_2$ (this includes all Hilbert-Blumenthal varieties and should also apply to Siegel modular threefolds and Picard modular surfaces). An example is given to show that our conjecture can fail for zip data not of connected-Hodge-type.