Moduli of framed sheaves on projective surfaces (Q638445)

Summary: We show that there exists a fine moduli space for torsion-free sheaves on a projective surface which have a ``good framing'' on a big and nef divisor. This moduli space is a quasi-projective scheme. This is accomplished by showing that such framed sheaves may be considered as stable pairs in the sense of \textit{D. Huybrechts} and \textit{M. Lehn} [J. Algebr. Geom. 4, 67--104 (1995; Zbl 0839.14023)]. We characterize the obstruction to the smoothness of the moduli space and discuss some examples on rational surfaces.