Let $X$ be a compact, connected, Kähler manifold, of dimension $d$, with Hermitian metric $\omega$; let $E$ be a vector bundle on $X$ of rank $r\geq2$.
By [1] definition 3.1.2:
A line bundle $L$ on $X$ is said numerically effective (nef, for short) if for any $\epsilon>0$ there exists a smooth Hermitian metric $h_{\epsilon}$ on $L$ such that \begin{equation*} \Omega_{h_{\epsilon}}(L)\geq-\epsilon\omega; \end{equation*} that is the curvature form $\Omega_{h_{\epsilon}}(L)$ of the Chern connection on $L$ (with respect to $h_{\epsilon}$) can have an arbitrary negative part. $E$ is nef if the tautological bundle $\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}(E)}(1)$ is nef.
By [1] definition 3.1.3:
$E$ is $1$-nef if for any $\epsilon>0$ there exists a Hermitian metric $h_{\epsilon}$ on $E$ such that $\Omega_{h_{\epsilon}}(E)\geq-\epsilon\omega$.
By [1] proposition 3.2.4, the $1$-nef bundles on $X$ are nef; but the inverse is unknown in general; excepted for:
- $d=1$ (i.e. algebraic curves), see [1] theorem 3.3.1;
- toric and Abelian varieties;
- tangent bundle $TX$ of $X$, where it is nef and $d\in\{2,3\}$;
(2) and (3) follow by [2] theorems 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2 and [1] proposition 3.2.4.
Question: Are there other examples of manifold on which the nef bundles are $1$-nef? Or is there an example of nef not $1$-nef bundle on some $X$?
[1] M. A. A. De Cataldo - Singular Hermitian metrics on vector bundles, J. reine ang. Math. 502 (1998) 93-122
[2] J.-P. Demailly, T. Peternell, M. Schneider - Compact complex manifolds with numerically effective tangent bundles, J. Algebraic Geom. 3 (1994) 295-345