Logarithmic geometry and Frobenius, II
Kazuya Kato, Chikara Nakayama, Sampei Usui
TL;DR
This work develops an l-adic analogue of SL(2)-orbit theorems via the notion of monodromy systems, establishing a parallel between log mixed Hodge theory and ℓ-adic weight filtrations. It introduces ratio spaces and torus twists to control asymptotics of monodromy data, proving refined orbit theorems for multi-variable and one-variable cases and their extensions to the δ_W and spl_W invariants. The results yield asymptotic formulas for regulators and local height pairings on non-archimedean fields and provide a concrete verification of the Part I expectation in a degenerate Tate elliptic curve example. Collectively, the paper bridges Hodge-theoretic and ℓ-adic/logarithmic frameworks, offering new tools for understanding degenerations and arithmetic invariants through SL(2)-orbit techniques.
Abstract
Based on the strong analogy between the category of log mixed Hodge structures and the category ${\cal A}_X$ of $\ell$-adic nature, which we have introduced in the previous part and is closely related to the weight-monodromy conjecture, we prove the $\ell$-adic analogues of some theorems in Hodge theory related to the SL(2)-orbit theorem.
