On the rationality of certain type A Galois representations

Abstract: Let

X

be a complete smooth variety defined over number field

K

and

i

an integer. The absolute Galois group of

K

acts on the

i

th

l

-adic etale cohomology of

X

for all

l

, producing a system of

l

-adic representations

P h i_{l}

. The conjectures of Grothendieck, Tate, and Mumford-Tate predict that the identity component of the algebraic monodromy group of

P h i_{e} l l

admits a common reductive

Q

-form for all

l

if

X

is projective. Denote by

G a m m a_{l}

and

G_{l}

respectively the monodromy group and the algebraic monodromy group of

P h i_{l}^{s s}

, the semisimplification of

P h i_{e} l l

. Assuming that

G_{l_{0}}

satisfies a group theoretic condition for some prime

l_{0}

(Hypothesis A), we construct a connected quasi-split

Q

-reductive group

G_{Q}

which is a common

Q

-form of

G_{l}^{c} i r c

for all sufficiently large

l

. Let

G_{Q}^{s c}

be the universal cover of the derived group of

G_{Q}

. As an application, we prove that the monodromy group

G a m m a_{e} l l

is big in the sense that

G a m m a_{e} l l^{s c} c o n g G_{Q}^{s c} (Z_{l})

for all sufficiently large

l

.

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