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We consider the parameter space $\mathcal U_d$ of smooth plane curves ofdegree $d$. The universal smooth plane curve of degree $d$ is a fiber bundle$\mathcal E_d\to\mathcal U_d$ with fiber diffeomorphic to a surface $\Sigma_g$.This bundle gives rise to a monodromy homomorphism $\rho_d:\pi_1(\mathcalU_d)\to\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_g)$, where$\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_g):=\pi_0(\mathrm{Diff}^+(\Sigma_g))$ is the mapping classgroup of $\Sigma_g$. The main result of this paper is that the kernel of$\rho_4:\pi_1(\mathcal U_4)\to\mathrm{Mod}(\Sigma_3)$ is isomorphic to$F_\infty\times\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}$, where $F_\infty$ is a free group ofcountably infinite rank. In the process of proving this theorem, we show thatthe complement $\mathrm{Teich}(\Sigma_g)\setminus\mathcal{H}_g$ of thehyperelliptic locus $\mathcal{H}_g$ in Teichm\"uller space$\mathrm{Teich}(\Sigma_g)$ has the homotopy type of an infinite wedge ofspheres. As a corollary, we obtain that the moduli space of plane quarticcurves is aspherical. The proofs use results from the Weil-Petersson geometryof Teichm\"uller space together with results from algebraic geometry.

The kernel of the monodromy of the universal family of degree $d$ smooth plane curves