Twisted \(L\)-functions over number fields and Hilbert's eleventh problem (Q987371)

Let \(K\) be a totally real number field, \(\pi\) an irreducible cuspidal representation of \(\text{GL}_2(K)\backslash \text{GL}_2({\mathbb A}_K)\) with unitary central character, \(\chi\) a Hecke character of conductor \({\mathfrak q}\), \(L(s,\pi\otimes\chi)\) the twisted \(L\)-function. Let \(0\leq \theta \leq \frac12\) be an approximation towards the Ramanujan-Petersson conjecture. The authors prove \[ \forall \varepsilon>0,\quad L(\tfrac12,\pi\otimes\chi)\ll ({\mathcal N}{\mathfrak q})^{\frac12-\frac18 (1-2\theta)+\varepsilon}. \] This follows from a spectral decomposition of smooth shifted convolution sums and a generalized Kuznetsov formula. As an application one obtains bounds for the Fourier coefficients of half-integral weight Hilbert modular forms and for the number of representations of integers by positive ternary quadratic forms.