I would like to know what the following statement means:
"Let $B_t$ be the Abelian subvariety in $J_t$ corresponding to the $\mathbb{Q}$-vector subspace $H^1(C_t,\mathbb{Q})_{van}$ in the space $H^1(C_t,\mathbb{Q})\simeq H^1(J_t,\mathbb{Q})$".
Here $r_t:C_t\rightarrow S$ is the embedding of the smooth connected curve $C_t$ in the surface $S$, $J_t$ is the Jacobian of the curve $C_t$, and $(r_t)_*:H^1(C_t,\mathbb{Q})\rightarrow H^3(S,\mathbb{Q})$ is the Gysing homomorphism in cohomology groups associated to $r_t$.
It is in page 9 of the following paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04187v2