On a theta lift related to the Shintani lift (Q1705480)

In the paper under review, the authors study some theta lifts, in particular the Millson theta lift, which maps weight \(-2k\) to weight \(1/2-k\) harmonic weak Maass forms for \(k \in \mathbb{Z}\), \(k > 0\), which they find closely related to the classical Shintani lift from weight \(2k+2\) to weight \(k+3/2\) cusp forms. They compute the Fourier expansion of the theta lift and show that it involves twisted traces of CM values and geodesic cycle integrals of the input function. As an application, the authors obtain Zagier's weight \(1/2\) generating series of twisted singular moduli as Millson lifts, giving a new proof for their modularity. The proofs are based on calculations through the analytical tools. The paper is clearly written and well-organized.