Components of the stack of torsion-free sheaves of rank 2 on ruled surfaces (Q1891220)

Let \(S\) be a ruled surface without sections of negative self- intersection. We classify the irreducible components of the moduli stack of torsion-free sheaves of rank 2 sheaves on \(S\). We also classify the irreducible components of the Brill-Noether loci in \(\text{Hilb}^ N (\mathbb{P}^ 1 \times \mathbb{P}^ 1)\) given by \(W^ n_ N (D) = \{[X] | h^ 1 ({\mathcal I}_ X (D)) \geq 1\}\) for \(D\) an effective divisor class. Our methods are also applicable to \(\mathbb{P}^ 2\) giving new proofs of theorems of Strømme (slightly extended) and Coppo.