Singular cscK metrics on smoothable varieties

Abstract

We prove the lower semi-continuity of the coercivity threshold of Mabuchi functional along a degenerate family of normal compact K\"ahler varieties with klt singularities. Moreover, we establish the existence of singular cscK metrics on $\mathbb{Q}$-Gorenstein smoothable klt varieties when the Mabuchi functional is coercive, these arise as a limit of cscK metrics on close-by fibres. The proof relies on developing a novel strong topology of pluripotential theory in families and establishing uniform estimates for cscK metrics.