Representability of Chern-Weil forms (Q1706108)

Let \(X\) be a complex projective manifold, and let \(E\) be a vector bundle of rank \(r\) over \(X\). The vector bundle \(E\) is Hartshorne-ample if its tautological line bundle is ample. If \(E\) admits a metric that is Griffiths-positive, it is easy to see that the vector bundle is Hartshorne-ample. It is expected that Hartshorne-ample bundles are always Griffiths-positive, but this is unknown even for surfaces. In this paper the author proves a weak version on the level of the associated differential forms: it is well known that for a Hartshorne-ample vector bundle over a projective surface the Chern classes \(c_1(E), c_2(E),c_1^2(E)-c_2(E)\) are positive cohomology classes. The author proves that if \(E\) is Hartshorne-ample and semistable with respect to some polarization, there exists a metric \(h\) on \(E\) such that the associated Chern-Weil \textit{forms} for \(c_1(h), c_2(h),c_1^2(h)-c_2(h)\) are positive. \newline In the second part of the paper the author introduces a Calabi-Yang-Mills equation and solves it for a certain rank-two vector bundle over a product \(\Sigma \times \mathbb P^1\), where \(\Sigma\) is a Riemann surface.