Moduli of rank two semistable sheaves on rational Fano threefolds of the main series
Alexander S. Tikhomirov, Danil A. Vassiliev
TL;DR
The article advances the study of moduli of semistable rank two sheaves on the main-series rational Fano threefolds by combining tilt/Bridgeland stability in the derived category with geometric constructions. It proves sharp $c_3$ bounds for semistable objects on $X_2$, and provides a complete description of moduli spaces with maximal $c_3$, including explicit extensions and reflexive cases; it also constructs several infinite series of moduli components on $X_1,X_2,X_4,X_5$, yielding numerous rational components and, in one case, an irrational family. Furthermore, it proves boundedness of $c_3$ for stable reflexive sheaves of general type with $c_1=0$ on $X_4$ and $X_5$, linking $c_2$-growth to quadratic bounds on $c_3$. Overall, the work substantially expands the landscape of rank two moduli on Fano threefolds, clarifying structure, rationality, and the role of reflexive general-type objects in the global geometry of these moduli spaces.
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the moduli spaces of semistable coherent sheaves of rank two on the projective space $\mathbb{P}^3$ and the following rational Fano manifolds of the main series - the three-dimensional quadric $X_2$, the intersection of two 4-dimensional quadrics $X_4$ and the Fano manifold $X_5$ of degree 5. For the quadric $X_2$, the boundedness of the third Chern class $c_3$ of rank two semistable objects in $\mathrm{D}^b(X_2)$, including sheaves, is proved. An explicit description is given of all the moduli spaces of semistable sheaves of rank two on $X_2$, including reflexive ones, with a maximal third class $c_3\ge0$. These spaces turn out to be irreducible smooth rational manifolds in all cases, except for the following two: $(c_1,c_2,c_3)=(0,2,2)$ or (0,4,8). Several new infinite series of rational components of the moduli spaces of semistable sheaves of rank two on $\mathbb{P}^3$, $X_2$, $X_4$ and $X_5$ are constructed, as well as a new infinite series of irrational components on $X_4$. The boundedness of the class $c_3$ is proved for $c_1=0$ and any $c_2>0$ for stable reflexive sheaves of general type on manifolds $X_4$ and $X_5$.
