Arithmetic surjectivity for zero-cycles

Abstract

Let $f:X\to Y$ be a proper, dominant morphism of smooth varieties over a number field $k$. When is it true that for almost all places $v$ of $k$, the fibre $X_P$ over any point $P\in Y(k_v)$ contains a zero-cycle of degree $1$? We develop a necessary and sufficient condition to answer this question. The proof extends logarithmic geometry tools that have recently been developed by Denef and Loughran-Skorobogatov-Smeets to deal with analogous Ax-Kochen type statements for rational points.