$\mathcal{Q}$-conic arrangements in the complex projective plane

Abstract

We study the geometry of $\mathcal{Q}$-conic arrangements in the complex projective plane. These are arrangements consisting of smooth conics and they admit certain quasi-homogeneous singularities. We show that such $\mathcal{Q}$-conic arrangements are never free. Moreover, we provide combinatorial constraints of the weak combinatorics of such arrangements.