A generalization of Beilinson's geometric height pairing (Q2090775)

This paper extends Beilinson's construction of an \(\ell\)-adic height pairing over an algebraically closed field \(k\) [\textit{A. A. Beilinson}, Contemp. Math. 67, 1--24 (1987; Zbl 0624.14005)] associated to a prime number \(\ell\) invertible in \(k\). For a smooth proper curve \(B\) and a smooth proper integral \(k(B)\)-variety, Beilinson considers the cycles in Chow groups which are homologically trivial with respect to \(\ell\)-adic cohomology. He constructs a pairing on this subspace with values in the field of \(\ell\)-adic numbers. The authors extend this result to a base \(B\) of arbitrary dimension, which does not need to be proper. The pairing constructed has values in a second \(\ell\)-adic cohomology group of \(B\). For \(k=\mathbf{C}\) a refinement of the pairing with values in a second singular cohomology group of \(B(\mathbf{C})\) is constructed as a sketch. The authors conjecture a more general motivic version of the pairing (Conj. 1.3). They prove this conjecture in the case where \(X\) extends to a smooth proper \(B\)-scheme. Further evidence is given by recent results by \textit{B. Kahn} [``Refined height pairing'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:2009.00533}]. The authors also conjecture an Arakelov version of the pairing (Conj. 7.1).