Rational curves on blowing-ups of projective spaces (Q2469310)

The moduli space \(Mor_{\beta}({\mathbb P}^1,Y)\) of morphisms \(f:\mathbb P^1\to Y\) with \(Y\) a smooth projective variety such that \(f_*[\mathbb P^1]=\beta\) with \(\beta\) a given second cohomology class of \(Y\) is studied. More precisely, the examinations are carried out for the case when \(Y\) is the successive blowing-up of a product of projective spaces. In particular, (under certain conditions on \(\beta\) involving the exceptional divisors of the blowing-up) for the open subspace consisting of those \(f\) whose image do not lie on an exceptional divisor, results on the irreducibility, the correct dimensions and rational connectedness are proven.