Fano 3-folds of index 2
We study Fano 3-folds with Fano index 2: that is, 3-folds X with rank Pic(X) = 1, Q-factorial terminal singularities and -K_X = 2A for an ample Weil divisor A. We give a first classification of all possible Hilbert series of such polarised varieties X,A and deduce both the nonvanishing of H^0(X,-K_X) and the sharp bound (-K_X)^3 >= 8/165. We list families that can be realised in codimension up to 4.