Weak del Pezzo surfaces with global vector fields

Abstract: We classify smooth weak del Pezzo surfaces with global vector fields over an arbitrary algebraically closed field $k$ of arbitrary characteristic $p \geq 0$. We give a complete description of the configuration of $(-1)$- and $(-2)$-curves on these surfaces and calculate the identity component of their automorphism schemes. It turns out that there are $53$ distinct families of such surfaces if $p \neq 2,3$, while there are $61$ such families if $p = 3$, and $75$ such families if $p = 2$. Each of these families has at most one moduli. As a byproduct of our classification, it follows that weak del Pezzo surfaces with non-reduced automorphism scheme exist over $k$ if and only if $p \in {2,3}$.