Jumping conics on a smooth quadric in \(\mathbb P_{3}\) (Q540718)

Let \(Q\) be a smooth quadric in \(\mathbb{P}^3\), \(H\subset\mathbb{P}^3\) be a hyperplane and \(C_H=Q\cap H\) be the corresponding conic. Given a vector bundle \(E\) on \(Q\), a conic \(C_H=Q\cap H\) is called a jumping conic if the splitting type of the restriction \(E_{|C_H}\) is different from the generic splitting type. The set of jumping conics is denoted by \(S(E)\subset(\mathbb{P}^3)^*\). Let \(M(k)\) be the moduli space of stable vector bundles of rank 2 on \(Q\) with Chern classes \(c_1=\mathcal{O}_Q(-1,-1)\) and \(c_2=k\) and \(E\) be a vector bundle in \(M(k)\). In the paper under review, the author proves that \(S(E)\) is a symmetric determinantal hypersurface in \((\mathbb{P}^3)^*\) of degree \(k-1\) and he studies its singularities. Moreover, using the jumping conics, the author is able to describe the geometry of the moduli spaces \(M(k)\) when \(k=2,3\).