\(p\)-adic differential operators on automorphic forms on unitary groups (Q442126)

This paper studies various aspects of certain \(p\)-adic differential operators on automorphic forms on \(U(n,n)\), which generalize the higher dimensional vector-valued \(p\)-adic differential operators for Hilbert modular forms constructed by N.~Katz. These operators also provide the \(p\)-adic version of the \(C^\infty\) differential operators studied first by H.~Maass and later by M.~Harris and G.~Shimura. They should be useful in the construction of certain \(p\)-adic \(L\)-functions attached to \(p\)-adic families of automorphic forms on \(U(n) \times U(n)\).