# Log smooth models for abelian varieties

Let $K$ be a field complete for a discrete valuation. Assume that the residue field has characteristic $p > 0$. Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $K$ having the property that (for some prime $\ell \neq p$) the action of the absolute Galois group of $K$ on the $\ell$-adic Tate module $T_\ell(A)$ is tamely ramified.

One could hope that under this condition, there is a projective model for $A$ over $\mathcal{O}_K$ which is log smooth; here the log structure is the one induced by the special fibre. I am not sure whether this is known; does anyone know a reference for this?

If one can find a projective, semistable, Galois-equivariant model for the abelian variety after a tamely ramified base change, then I know how to go from there - but my argument uses heavy machinery... There is a nice paper by Künnemann (Duke 1998) in which he proves that one can find a projective semistable model after a finite base change. But it is not clear to me whether a tame base change is sufficient to obtain such a model if one assumes moreover that the Galois action on the Tate module is tamely ramified.

• The Galois action is unipotent after finite tame base change. So we may assume unipotent and find a projective semistable model... – Will Sawin Jul 5 '15 at 17:47
• How exactly does this follow from Künnemann's results (Theorem 4.6)? – Arne Smeets Jul 6 '15 at 4:45
• I'm just saying we may reduce to the case when the Galois action is unipotent using Grothendieck's local monodromy theorem. – Will Sawin Jul 6 '15 at 13:05
• OK, I misunderstood your comment :-) – Arne Smeets Jul 6 '15 at 20:11

## 1 Answer

This question has been answered in the following preprint:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.02464