Abelian varieties over finite fields as basic abelian varieties

Abstract In this note we show that any basic abelian variety with additional structures over an arbitrary algebraically closed field of characteristic p > 0 ${p>0}$ is isogenous to another one defined over a finite field. We also show that the category of abelian varieties over finite fields up to isogeny can be embedded into the category of basic abelian varieties with suitable endomorphism structures. Using this connection, we derive a new mass formula for a finite orbit of polarized abelian surfaces over a finite field.