Spectral scattering theory for automorphic forms (Q733634)

Let \(\Gamma\) be a cofinite discrete subgroup of \(\text{SL}_2(\mathbb R)\) acting on the upper half-plane \(\mathbb H\). The author constructs a scattering process for \(\Gamma\)-automorphic forms which satisfies the axioms of Lax and Phillips. The construction is quite explicit and is based on Eisenstein series, the Eisenstein transform for \((0,1)\)-forms as developed by \textit{T. Falliero} [Math. Ann. 317, No. 2, 263--284 (2000; Zbl 1019.11014)], and explicit solutions. The ambient \(L^2\)-space \(H\) for the scattering process is constructed in terms of parts of the \(L^2\)-section of the Dolbeault complex corresponding to the continuous spectrum of the spinor Laplacian. The scattering process is constructed by means of two so-called Fourier-Eisenstein transforms which are unitary operators from \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\) to \(H\), and the relations of these operators with the usual Euclidean Fourier transform and the scattering matrix from the functional equation of the Eisenstein series are established. The Fourier-Eisenstein transforms give rise to a one-parameter group of unitary operators on \(H\) whose infinitesimal generator is expressed in terms of the so-called Eisenstein transform. One main result is Theorem 3.6 in which the author defines and studies the incoming, outgoing and scattering spaces of the operators mentioned above and proves that they satisfy the axioms of Lax-Phillips scattering. In Section 4 the author studies the so-called Lax-Phillips semigroup and investigates the spectral properties of its infinitesimal generator. The second main result is Theorem 4.1 which states that the spectrum of this generator (suitably normalized) consists only of eigenvalues. In the case of a congruence subgroup \(\Gamma\) of the rational modular group this spectrum coincides with the non-trivial zeros of a Dirichlet \(L\)-function. If \(\Gamma\) is the full modular groups, this gives a spectral interpretation of the zeros of the Riemann zeta-function.