Title: Good completions of Néron models
Description: In this thesis, we apply the theory of moduli of rank 1, torsion-free sheaves to the problem of constructing Good Completions of Néron models. Given the spectrum Δ of a discrete valuation ring with perfect residue field of characteristic p > 5 and a non-singular curve X η /η of genus g ≥ 2 over the generic point η7 of Δ, we study the problem of constructing completions of the Néron model [Special characters omitted.] of the associated Jacobian variety. Under the assumption that X η /η admits enough sections, we show that a (non-regular) completion of the Néron model can be constructed using the theory of moduli of rank 1, torsion-free sheaves. Under the additional assumption that either X η has stable reduction, the genus of X η is 2 and X η has reduced and potential good reduction, or the genus of X η is 2 and X η has reduced and irreducible reduction, we construct a regular completion by finding an explicit resolution of singularities. When X η has irreducible reduction, these completions are Good Completions. The case where X η has irreducible reduction includes many cases of curves with additive reduction and this is the first result concerning the existence of Good Completions for Abelian varieties with additive reductive and of dimension greater than 1. In constructing these completions, we prove several results concerning the local structure of a moduli space of rank 1, torsion-free sheaves and these results should be of independent interest as well.