Eta invariant and Selberg zeta function of odd type over convex co-compact hyperbolic manifolds (Q1959667)

The authors show meromorphic extension and give a complete description of the divisors of a Selberg zeta function of odd type \(Z_{\Gamma,\Sigma}^0(\lambda)\) associated to the spinor bundle \(\Sigma\) on an odd dimensional convex co-compact hyperbolic manifold \(\Gamma\backslash\mathfrak H^{2n+1}\). As a byproduct they provide a full analysis of the spectral and scattering theory of the Dirac operator on asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds. The authors show that there is a natural eta invariant \(\eta(D)\) associated to the Dirac operator \(D\) over a convex co-compact hyperbolic manifold \(\Gamma\backslash\mathfrak H^{2n+1}\) and that \(\exp(\pi i\eta(D))=Z_{\Gamma,\Sigma}^0(\lambda)\); thus, extending Millson's formula [\textit{J. Millson}, Ann. Math. (2) 108, 1--39 (1978; Zbl 0399.58020)] to this setting. Under an assumption on the exponent of convergence of the Poincaré series for the group \(\Gamma\), the authors also define an eta invariant for the odd signature operator, and show that, for Schottky 3-dimensional hyperbolic manifolds, the invariant gives the argument of a holomorphic function which appears in Zograf's factorization formula [\textit{P.\,G.~Zograf}, Leningr. Math. J. 1, No.~4, 941--965 (1990); translation from Algebra Anal. 1, No.~4, 136--160 (1989; Zbl 0727.32009)] relating two natural Kähler potentials for the Weil-Petersson metric on the Schottky space.