Regular foliations on weak Fano manifolds (Q2402800)

Let \(X\) be a complex projective manifold, and let \(\mathcal F \subset T_X\) be an integrable subbundle. Based on the work of \textit{J.-B. Bost} [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 93, 161--221 (2001; Zbl 1034.14010)] and \textit{F. Bogomolov} and \textit{M. McQuillan} [in: Foliation theory in algebraic geometry. Proceedings of the conference, New York, NY, USA, September 3--7, 2013. Cham: Springer. 21--51 (2016; Zbl 1337.14041)], sufficient conditions for the algebraicity of the \(\mathcal F\)-leaves have been studied intensively in the last years. In this paper the author considers a conjecture by Touzet claiming that if \(X\) is rationally connected, then the leaves of \(\mathcal F\) are always algebraic. He proves this conjecture under the stronger assumption that \(X\) is weak Fano, i.e. the anticanonical divisor \(-K_X\) is nef and big. The main difficulty consists in showing that the determinant \(\det(N)\) of the normal bundle \(N = T_X/\mathcal F\) is nef. By the basepoint free theorem this implies that \(\det(N)\) is semiample, it then defines a submersion \(X \rightarrow Y\) such that \(T_{X/Y}=\mathcal F\). In order to show that \(\det(N)\) is nef, the author proves a foliated version of Mori's bend-and-break lemma for rational curves. Since the Mori cone of a weak Fano manifold is generated by rational curves, one can then deduce the main theorem.