Abstract : An abelian surface defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ is said to be geometrically split if its base change to the complex numbers is isogenous to a product of elliptic curves. In this talk we will determine the algebras that arise as geometric endomorphism algebras of geometrically split abelian surfaces defined over $\mathbb{Q}$. In particular, we will show that there are 92 of them. A key step is determining the set of imaginary quadratic fields $M$ for which there exists an abelian surface over $\mathbb{Q}$ which is geometrically isogenous to the square of an elliptic curve with CM by $M$.

This is joint work with Francesc Fité.

Keywords : endomorphism algebras; abelian varieties; Q-curves