On p-adic intermediate Jacobians

Abstract

For an algebraic variety $X$ of dimension $d$ with totally degenerate reduction over a $p$-adic field (definition recalled below) and an integer $i$ with $1\leq i\leq d$, we define a rigid analytic torus $J^i(X)$ together with an Abel-Jacobi mapping to it from the Chow group $CH^i(X)_{hom}$ of codimension $i$ algebraic cycles that are homologically equivalent to zero modulo rational equivalence. These tori are analogous to those defined by Griffiths using Hodge theory over the complex numbers. We compare and contrast the complex and $p$-adic theories. Finally, we examine a special case of a $p$-adic analogue of the Generalized Hodge Conjecture

to appear in Transactions of the AMS