Determinant of Period Integral

Abstract

Period integrals arise from the comparison between Betti cohomologies and de Rham cohomologies. In this paper, we give a formula for the determinant of period integrals in terms of the canonical pairing between Picard group of rank 1 realizations and relative Chow group. It is compatible with the similar formula for Galois modules proved by the first author, and as a consequence, under the assumption of Gersten resolution, the determinant of the cohomology of a determinantally motivic object is motivic.