Periods and $(\chi,b)$-factors of Cuspidal Automorphic Forms of Symplectic Groups

TL;DR

This paper introduces new period integrals for cuspidal automorphic forms on symplectic groups that detect specific poles of $L$-functions and characterize first occurrences in theta correspondence, advancing understanding of automorphic representations.

Contribution

It develops a new family of period integrals that identify poles of $L$-functions and characterize the occurrence of $( ext{chi},b)$-factors in automorphic representations of symplectic groups.

Findings

New period integrals detect poles of $L$-functions.

Characterization of $( ext{chi},b)$-factors in Arthur parameters.

Characterization of first occurrences in theta correspondence.

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a new family of period integrals attached to irreducible cuspidal automorphic representations $\sigma$ of symplectic groups $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}(\mathbb{A})$, which detects the right-most pole of the $L$-function $L(s,\sigma\times\chi)$ for some character $\chi$ of $F^\times\backslash\mathbb{A}^\times$ of order at most $2$, and hence the occurrence of a simple global Arthur parameter $(\chi,b)$ in the global Arthur parameter $\psi$ attached to $\sigma$. We also give a characterisation of first occurrences of theta correspondence by (regularised) period integrals of residues of certain Eisenstein series.