Rank two Weak Fano bundles on Fano threefolds of Picard rank one
Takeru Fukuoka, Wahei Hara, Daizo Ishikawa
TL;DR
The paper advances the classification of rank two weak Fano bundles on Fano threefolds with Picard rank one, focusing on the odd index cases where X is either the quadric threefold Q^3 or index one. It delivers a complete numerical and geometric classification on Q^3, including explicit resolutions for each candidate, and analyzes the moduli space of the (-1,4) case via quiver representations, showing it is irreducible, smooth, and fine of dimension 18. For index-one Fano threefolds, it separates the even and odd c1 cases: when c1 is even, all weak Fano rank-two bundles are split; when c1 is odd, the classification includes split, globally generated bundles with controlled c2, and indecomposable ones whose existence is established using elliptic normal curves and Hartshorne–Serre constructions. An embedding theorem links weak Fano bundles with c1(F)=c1(X) to Grassmannian embeddings, except in a few geometric exceptions, connecting the classification to linear sections of homogeneous varieties and Gushel–Mukai structures. The work combines Hilbert schemes of conics, Noether–Lefschetz theory, Brill–Noether theory on K3s, Serre constructions, and derived-category methods to produce a cohesive, geometry-grounded catalog of rank two weak Fano bundles on these Fano threefolds.
Abstract
We classify rank two vector bundles on a Fano threefold of Picard rank one whose projectivizations are weak Fano. We also prove the existence of examples for each case of the classification result. Our classification includes detailed resolutions of them on the quadric threefold.
