A certain Dirichlet series attached to Siegel modular forms of degree two (Q1115901)

The authors introduce a new type of Dirichlet series attached to a pair \((F,G)\) of two Siegel modular forms of degree two (and same weight): Let \(\sum_{m}\phi_ m(z_ 1,z_ 2)e^{2\pi imz_ 4}\), \(\sum_{m}\psi_ m(z_ 1,z_ 2)e^{2\pi imz_ 4}\) with \(Z=\left( \begin{matrix} z_ 1\\ z_ 2\end{matrix} \begin{matrix} z_ 2\\ z_ 4\end{matrix} \right)\) be the Fourier-Jacobi expansions of \(F\) and G and consider \[ D_{F,G}(s)=\sum_{m}<\phi_ m,\psi_ m>/m^ s \] where \(<\,,\,>\) is the Petersson scalar product of the Jacobi forms \(\phi_ m,vf_ m\). By a variant of the Rankin-Selberg method the authors show that this series has a meromorphic continuation to the whole complex plane and satisfies a functional equation. Surprisingly this type of Dirichlet series may (in some cases) be related to the degree 4 \(L\)-function \(Z_ F(s)\) attached to a Hecke eigenform; this ``spinor'' \(L\)-function was first investigated by \textit{A. N. Andrianov} [Usp. Mat. Nauk 29, No. 3(117), 43--110 (1974; Zbl 0304.10020)]. The authors prove that \[ D_{F,G}(s)=\text{const} \times Z_ F(s), \] if \(F\) is a Hecke eigenform and \(G\) is in the ``Maaß Spezialschar''.