Geography of minimal surfaces of general type with $\mathbb{Z}_2^2$-actions and the locus of Gorenstein stable surfaces

Abstract

In this note the geography of minimal surfaces of general type admitting $\mathbb{Z}_2^2$-actions is studied. More precisely, it is shown that Gieseker's moduli space $\mathfrak{M}_{K^2,\chi}$ contains surfaces admitting a $\mathbb{Z}_2^2$-action for every admissible pair $(K^2, \chi)$ such that $2\chi-6\leq K^2\leq 8\chi-8$ or $K^2=8\chi$. The examples considered allow to prove that the locus of Gorenstein stable surfaces is not closed in the KSBA-compactification $\overline{\mathfrak{M}}_{K^2,\chi}$ of Gieseker's moduli space $\mathfrak{M}_{K^2,\chi}$ for every admissible pair $(K^2, \chi)$ such that $2\chi-6\leq K^2\leq 8\chi-8$.