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The transcendental motive of a cubic fourfold (1710.05753v3)

Published 13 Oct 2017 in math.AG

Abstract: In this note we introduce the transcendental part $t(X)$ of the motive of a cubic fourfold $X$ and prove that it is isomorphic to the (twisted) transcendental part $h_2{tr}(F(X))$ in a suitable Chow-K\"unneth decomposition for the motive of the Fano variety of lines $F(X)$. Then we prove that $t(X)$ is isomorphic to the Prym motive associated to the surface $S_l \subset F(X)$ of lines meeting a general line $l$. If $X$ is a special cubic fourfold in the sense of Hodge theory, and $F(X)\cong S{[2]}$, with $S$ a $K3$, then we show that $t(X) \cong t_2(S)(1)$, where $t_2(S)$ is the transcendental motive. Therefore the motive $h(X)$ is finite dimensional if and only if $S$ has a finite dimensional motive. If $X$ is very general then $t(X)$ cannot be isomorphic to the (twisted) transcendental motive of a surface. We relate the existence of an isomorphism $t(X) \cong t_2(S)(1)$ to conjectures by Hassett and Kuznetsov on the rationality of a special cubic fourfold. Finally we consider the case of cubic fourfolds X admitting a fibration over $\mathbf{P}2$, whose fibers are either quadrics or del Pezzo surfaces of degree 6, and prove the isomorphism $t_2(S)(1) \cong t(X)$, with $S$ a K3 surface.

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