Unstable points for torus actions on flag varieties

Abstract

In this paper, we will look at actions on complex flag varieties $G/P$ of the torus $\hat{T}=\bigcap\limits_{\alpha\in\Delta\setminus\Delta_P}\ker(\alpha)$, and under reasonable assumptions, we will give a description of the set $X^{us}$ of unstable points for $\hat{T}$-linearized invertible sheaves. We will investigate the case where $P$ is a maximal parabolic subgroup, and show that $X^{us}$ can be written as a disjoint union of a Schubert variety and an opposite Schubert variety, and we deduce the vanishing of cohomology groups $H^i(Y,{\cal M})$ for invertible sheaves ${\cal M}$ on the quotient variety $Y$ for $i$ in a range given by the codimension of $X^{us}$.