Mod-\(p\) cohomology growth in \(p\)-adic analytic towers of 3-manifolds (Q664237)

Let \(M\) be a compact, orientable, connected 3-manifold with fundamental group \(\Gamma\). Given a homomorphism from \(\Gamma\) to a \(p\)-adic analytic group \(G\) with dense image, the authors describe the possible mod-\(p\) homology growth of covers \(M_n\) of \(M\) determined by the congruence subgroups \(G_n\). If \(d = \dim(G) > 3\), this growth is always non-trivial, growing at least as fast as \(\mathrm{Vol}(M_n)^{(d-1)/d}\). Finally a conjecture is given for a finite volume hyperbolic manifold, motivated by questions in the theory of automorphic forms.