Bridgeland Stability of Line Bundles on Surfaces

Daniele Arcara, Eric Miles

Published 2014-01-23, updated 2015-09-14Version 2

We study the Bridgeland stability of line bundles on surfaces using Bridgeland stability conditions determined by divisors. We show that given a smooth projective surface $S$, a line bundle $L$ is always Bridgeland stable for those stability conditions if there are no curves $C\subseteq S$ of negative self-intersection. When a curve $C$ of negative self-intersection is present, $L$ is destabilized by $L(-C)$ for some stability conditions. We conjecture that line bundles of the form $L(-C)$ are the only objects that can destabilize $L$, and that torsion sheaves of the form $L(C)|_C$ are the only objects that can destabilize $L[1]$. We prove our conjecture in several cases, and in particular for Hirzebruch surfaces.