Finiteness theorems for the Picard objects of an algebraic stack

Abstract: We prove some finiteness theorems for the Picard functor of an algebraic stack, in the spirit of SGA 6, exp. XII and XIII. In particular, we give a stacky version of Raynaudʼs relative representability theorem, we give sufficient conditions for the existence of the torsion component of the Picard functor, and for the finite generation of the Néron–Severi groups or of the Picard group itself. We give some examples and applications. In Appendix A, we prove the semicontinuity theorem for a (non-necessarily tame) algebraic stack. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]