Double covers and vector bundles of rank two

Abstract: In 2017, Catanese--Perroni gave a natural correspondence between the Picard group of a double cover and a set of pairs of a vector bundle of rank two and a certain morphism of vector bundles on the base space. In this paper, we describe the group structure of the latter set induced from the Picard group in terms of transition functions of vector bundles of rank two. This study is derived from the study of the embedded topology of plane curves. It also proposes approaches to the study of Picard groups of double covers, and to the construction of vector bundles of rank two.