Galois self-dual cuspidal types and Asai local factors (Q2039602)

Let \(F/F_0\) be a quadratic extension of locally compact archimedean fields of odd residual characteristic \(p\), \(\sigma\) the non-trivial element of \(\text{Gal}(F/F_0)\), \(G:=GL_n(F)\) and \(N\) the subgroup of upper triangular matrices in \(G\). Let \(G^\sigma\) be the \(\sigma\)-fixed points subgroup \(GL_n(F_0)\), where \(\sigma\) acts componentwise on \(G\). Let \(\psi\) be a non-degenerate character of \(N\) which is trivial on \(N^\sigma:=N\cap G^\sigma\). Let \({\mathcal W}(\pi,\psi)\) be the Whittaker model associated with \((N,\psi)\) and a generic irreducible representation of \(G\). For \(W\in{\mathcal W}(\pi,\psi)\), \(\Phi\) a smooth compactly supported complex function on \(F_0^n\) and a complex number \(s\), the associated local Asai integral is \[I_{As}(s,\Phi,W)=\int_{N^\sigma\backslash G^\sigma}W(g)\Phi((0\cdots 01)g)\mid\text{det}(g)\mid^s_0 dg\] where \(\mid\cdot\mid_0\) is the normalized absolute value of \(F_0\) and \(dg\) is a right invariant measure on \(N^\sigma\backslash G^\sigma\). These integrals generate a fractional ideal of \({\mathbb C}[q_0^s,q_0^{-s}]\), when \(W\) and \(\Phi\) vary, where \(q_0\) is the cardinality of the residual field of \(F_0\). The Asai \(L\)-function \(L_{As}(s,\pi)\) of \(\pi\) is a normalized generator of this ideal. One of the results proved in the paper under review can be stated as follows (Theorem 7.14 and Corollary 7.15): Suppose that \(\pi\) is a cuspidal representation of \(G\) having a distinguished unramified twist. Then there is an explicit function \(W_0\) in \({\mathcal W}(\pi,\psi)\) such that \[I_{As}(s,\Phi_0,W_0)=L_{As}(s,\pi)\] where \(\Phi_0\) is the characteristic function of the lattice \({\mathcal O}^n_0\) in \(F_0^n\) and \({\mathcal O}_0\) is the ring of integers of \(F_0\). The authors also compute the associated Asai root number and compare it to Langlands-Shahidi local Asai root number (Theorems 8.4 and 9.29).