The refined Colmez conjecture for individual CM periods

Let AA be a CM abelian variety over a number field KK, let A{\cal A} be its integral model, and let ωA\omega_{\cal A} be the associated Hodge line bundle. Let EE be a CM field of degree 2d2d, let KK contain EE, and let G=Gal(EQ)G={\rm Gal}(E|{\Bbb Q}). Let Φ\Phi be the CM type of AA, let Φ(τ)=Φ(τ1)\Phi^{\vee}(\tau)=\Phi(\tau^{-1}), and for complex-valued functions on GG define

f,g=1#GγGf(γ)g(γ),(fg)(λ)=1#GγGf(γ)g(γ1λ).\langle f,g\rangle={1\over \#G}\sum_{\gamma\in G}f(\gamma)\overline{g(\gamma)},\qquad (f\ast g)(\lambda)={1\over \#G}\sum_{\gamma\in G}f(\gamma)g(\gamma^{-1}\lambda).

For each odd irreducible Artin character χ\chi of GG, write fχf_{\chi} for its conductor and L(χ,s)L(\chi,s) for its Artin LL-function.

Refined Colmez conjecture. There exists an integer m1m\geq1 and an element β=β(A,m,ϕ)ωAm\beta=\beta(A,m,\phi)\in\omega_{\cal A}^{\otimes m} such that (a) β\beta generates ωAm\omega_{\cal A}^{\otimes m}, in particular ωAmOK\omega_{\cal A}^{\otimes m}\simeq{\mathcal O}_K; and (b) for every σGal(KQ)\sigma\in{\rm Gal}(K|{\Bbb Q}) and every nonzero αωA\alpha\in\omega_{\cal A},

(2π)dAσ(C)ασαˉσ1/2=σ(αm/β)1/mexp(dχ oddΦΦ,χ[2L(χ,0)L(χ,0)+log(fχ)]).\left|(2\pi)^{-d}\int_{{\cal A}_{\sigma}({\Bbb C})}\alpha_{\sigma}\wedge\bar{\alpha}_{\sigma}\right|^{1/2}=|\sigma(\alpha^{\otimes m}/\beta)|^{1/m}\exp\left(d\sum_{\chi\ {\rm odd}}\langle\Phi\ast\Phi^{\vee},\chi\rangle\left[2{L'(\chi,0)\over L(\chi,0)}+\log(f_{\chi})\right]\right).

This refinement seeks to identify the individual transcendental terms whose average gives the Faltings height, and would imply fine reciprocity laws for Siegel modular forms at CM points. The source proves it for elliptic curves using results on elliptic units; the general assertion is not assigned a resolution status here.

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Vincent Maillot and Damian Rössler, “The conjecture of Colmez and reciprocity laws for modular forms”, arXiv:2603.28536 (2026).

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