Heights of Kudla-Rapoport divisors and derivatives of \(L\)-functions (Q2516377)

In the article under review, the authors study special cycles on integral models of Shimura varieties associated with unitary similitude groups of signature \((n-1,1)\). The main result is an equality relating the height pairing of an arithmetic theta lift of a harmonic Maass form against a CM cycle with the central derivative of the convolution \(L\)-function of a weight \(n\) cusp form and the theta function of a positive definite hermitian lattice of rank \(n-1\). This result is a variant of the Gross-Zagier formula for Shimura curves associated to unitary groups of signature \((1,1)\) when \(n=2\). The authors construct the arithmetic theta lift from a harmonic Maass form \(f\) of weight \(2-n\) to the arithmetic Chow group by associating to \(f\) a linear combination of Kudla-Rapoport divisors, which are equipped with Green functions determined by the regularized theta lift of \(f\). In the computation of relevant arithmetic intersections, the authors carry out a new method which is valid for improper components.