The Abel-Jacobi isomorphism for the cubic fivefold (Q1089054)

It is a standard fact that the only smooth hypersurfaces X in \({\mathbb{P}}^{2d+1}\), \(d>0\), for which the intermediate Jacobian JX is an abelian variety are the quadrics, the cubic and the quartic threefolds in \({\mathbb{P}}^ 4\), and the cubic fivefold in \({\mathbb{P}}^ 6\). For a quadric \(JX=0\). In Ann. Math., II. Ser. 95, 281-356 (1972; Zbl 0214.483)], \textit{C. H. Clemens} and \textit{P. A. Griffiths} proved that the Abel-Jacobi map \((+)\quad a: Alb(F)\to JX\)\ is an isomorphism, where X is the smooth cubic threefold and F is the (smooth) Fano surface of the lines on X. Recently \textit{M. Letizia} [Invent. Math. 75, 477-492 (1984; Zbl 0571.14022)] proved that \((+)\) is an isomorphism also when X is a general smooth quartic threefold and F is the Fano surface of the conics on X. Here we complete the picture, proving that \((+)\) is an isomorphism also when X is a general smooth cubic fivefold, F being the surface of the planes on X. We work with varieties defined over the complex number field.