Moduli spaces of quadratic differentials with prescribed singularities are not necessarily connected. We describe here all cases when they have a special hyperelliptic connected component. We announce the general classification theorem: up to the four exceptional cases in low genera the strata of meromorphic quadratic differentials are either connected, or have exactly two connected components, and one of the two components is hyperelliptic.
@article{hal-00013159,
author = {Lanneau, Erwan},
title = {Hyperelliptic Components of the Moduli Spaces of Quadratic Differentials with Prescribed Singularities},
journal = {HAL},
volume = {2004},
number = {0},
year = {2004},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/hal-00013159}
}
Lanneau, Erwan. Hyperelliptic Components of the Moduli Spaces of Quadratic Differentials with Prescribed Singularities. HAL, Tome 2004 (2004) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/hal-00013159/