A two variable Rankin-Selberg integral for \(\mathrm{GU}(2,2)\) and the degree \(5\) \(L\)-function of \(\mathrm{GSp}_4\) (Q6614892)

Let \(F\) be a number field and denote by \(A\) its adeles. Let \(E/F\) be a quadratic field extension of \(F\) which defines the unitary group \(\mathrm{GU}_{2,2/F}\) . Let \(E^*_B(g,s,z)\) be the normalized two variable Borel Eisenstein series for \(\mathrm{GSp}_{4/F}\) . If \(\Pi\) is a generic cuspidal automorphic representation of either \(\mathrm{GU}_{2,2/F}\) or \(\mathrm{GL}_{4/F}\) with trivial central character, and \(\varphi\) is a cusp form in the space of \(\Pi\), the authors consider a new two-variable Rankin-Selberg integral \N\[\NI^*(\varphi, s, z)=\int_{ \mathrm{GSp}_{4}(F)Z_{\mathrm{GSp}_4} (A)\backslash \mathrm{GSp}_4(A)} E_B^*(g, s, z)\varphi(g) dg \N\]\Nwhich represents a product of exterior square \(L\)-functions. As a residue of this integral, they obtain an integral representation of a twist of the degree \(5\) \(L\)-function of \(\mathrm{GSp}_{4/F}\), which gives a new instance of the curious phenomenon where a Rankin-Selberg integral of a cusp form on one group is used to represent an \(L\)-function of a different cusp form on another group.