A lower bound for $chi (mathcal O_S)$

Let $(S,mathcal L)$ be a smooth, irreducible, projective, complex surface, polarized by a very ample line bundle $mathcal L$ of degree $d > 25$. In this paper we prove that $chi (mathcal O_S)geq -frac{1}{8}d(d-6)$. The bound is sharp, and $chi (mathcal O_S)=-frac{1}{8}d(d-6)$ if and only if $d$ is even, the linear system $|H^0(S,mathcal L)|$ embeds $S$ in a smooth rational normal scroll $Tsubset mathbb P^5$ of dimension $3$, and here, as a divisor, $S$ is linearly equivalent to $frac{d}{2}Q$, where $Q$ is a quadric on $T$. Moreover, this is equivalent to the fact that the general hyperplane section $Hin |H^0(S,mathcal L)|$ of $S$ is the projection of a curve $C$ contained in the Veronese surface $Vsubseteq mathbb P^5$, from a point $xin Vbackslash C$.