Crepant resolutions of orbit closures in Quiver representations of type A\_n and D\_4

Abstract

We study resolutions of singularities of orbit closures in quiver representations. We consider certain resolutions of singularities which have already been constructed by Reineke, and we determine under which conditions they are crepant. More specifically, we deal with quivers of type A3, An, D4. Then, as an application of the results we have found, we construct several Fano and Calabi-Yau varieties as orbital degeneracy loci.