Non-generic components of the Emerton-Gee stack for $\mathrm{GL}_2$
Kalyani Kansal, Ben Savoie
TL;DR
This work analyzes the reduced Emerton--Gee stack ${\mathcal X}_{2,\mathrm{red}}$ for ${\mathrm{GL}}_2(K)$ with $K$ unramified over ${\mathbf Q}_p$ and $p>3$, giving a complete geometric classification of non-generic Serre-weight components in terms of smoothness, normality, and Gorenstein properties. It constructs smooth--local charts via loop groups and Breuil--Kisin theory, decomposes local pieces into manageable factors with resolution--rational normalizations, and computes dualizing cohomology to identify singular loci and their codimensions. A detailed combinatorial link between Serre weights, tame types, and shapes yields precise smoothness and normality criteria, including the Steinberg case. These results refine the conjectural categorical $p$-adic Langlands picture by clarifying how components behave under normalization and how line bundles on normalized pieces push forward to the Emerton--Gee stack.
Abstract
Let $K$ be a finite unramified extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with $p > 3$. We study the extremely non--generic irreducible components in the reduced part of the Emerton--Gee stack for $\mathrm{GL}_2$. We show precisely which irreducible components are smooth, which are normal, and which have Gorenstein normalizations. We show that the normalizations of the irreducible components admit smooth--local covers by resolution--rational schemes. We also determine the singular loci on the components, and use our results to update expectations about the conjectural categorical $p$--adic Langlands correspondence.
