Degenerated fibers of Severi-Brauer schemes of orders (Q1375954)

Let \(R\) be a Dedekind domain with field of fractions \(K\) and \(A\) a central simple algebra over \(K\). If \(\Lambda\) is a hereditary \(R\)-order of \(A\), then Artin canonically associated to it its so-called Severi-Brauer scheme \(X\), by letting \(X(R')\) consist for any commutative \(R\)-algebra \(R'\) of all left ideals \(I'\) of \(\Lambda'=\Lambda\otimes R'\), such that \(\Lambda'/I'\) is projective over \(R'\) and \(I'\) has rank \(n\) over \(R'\). In this case, the generic fibre \(X_K\) of \(X\) over \(\text{Spec}(R)\) is the classical Severi-Brauer variety associated to the central simple algebra \(A\). On the other hand, for any closed point \(p\) of \(\text{Spec}(R)\) the special fibre \(X_p\) is the scheme of left ideals of rank \(n\) of \(\Lambda/p\Lambda\). If \(X_p\) is non-degenerate, i.e., if \(\Lambda\) is unramified over \(p\), then \(\Lambda/p\Lambda\) is a central simple algebra over \(k(p)\), the residue field of \(p\), and \(X_p\) is a Severi-Brauer variety as well. The principal purpose of this paper is to study the Chow groups of dimension 0 of the special fibres of Artin's models, i.e., the connected component containing the generic fibre of the previously defined Severi-Brauer schemes. The main result is as follows. Let \(R\) be a complete discrete valuation ring with maximal ideal \(pR\) and field of fractions \(K\), and with perfect residue field. Let \(X\) be an Artin model over \(\text{Spec}(R)\) associated to a central simple algebra \(A\). If (a) the index of \(A\) has no square factors and \(A\) is not ramified or (b) \(A\) is totally ramified (of arbitrary index), then \(A_0(X) =0\). Of course, this applies to the case where \(k\) has cohomological dimension (at most) 1, for in this case \(A\) is totally ramified, as the skew residue field of \(A\) is trivial.