TITLE: Complex structure of the Teichmüller space in terms of Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates
QUESTION [11 upvotes]: The Teichmüller space $T_g$ of genus $g$ Riemann surfaces can be parameterized in terms of Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates, taking values in $\mathbb{R}^{3g-3}\times \mathbb{R}_+^{3g-3}$. 
The Teichmüller space $T_g$ also has a natural complex structure. 
Could someone suggest a reference where the complex structure is given in terms of Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates?
A more rough question is: very naively I would combine $\mathbb{R}^{3g-3}\times \mathbb{R}_+^{3g-3}$ into $\mathbb{H}^{3g-3}$ where $\mathbb{H}$ is the upper half plane. In the natural complex structure, is $T_g$ the same as $\mathbb{H}^{3g-3}$ as complex manifolds? I guess it's not, but is it proved somewhere?

REPLY [10 votes]: Although Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates do not give a complex-analytic parameterization of Teichmuller space, they do extend to give a complex-analytic parameterization of $T_g\times \overline{T}_g$ on a subset. This follows from Bers' simultaneous uniformization theorem, which parameterizes quasi-fuchsian groups by the Teichmuller spaces of the two components of the domain of discontinuity. In turn, (marked) quasi-fuchsian groups are parameterized by the character variety, which in turn is determined by a subset of  complex Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates $\subset \mathbb{C}^{3g-3}\times \mathbb{C}^{* 3g-3}$. Bers then obtained a complex structure on Teichmuller space by fixing a conformal structure $x$ on one domain of discontinuity, and letting the other one vary, to get $T_g\times \{x\}\subset \mathbb{C}^{6g-6}$. He shows that as one varies $x$, the complex structure on $T_g$ does not change, and thus one obtains a well-defined complex structure on Teichmuller space, which is equivalent to the complex structure originally defined by Ahlfors.