$L$-functions for $\mathrm{Sp}(2n)\times\mathrm{GL}(k)$ via non-unique models
Yubo Jin, Pan Yan
TL;DR
The paper develops new global integrals for $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}\times\mathrm{GL}_k$ using the generalized doubling method, valid for even $n$, and shows they unfold to non-unique $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}$-models. Employing Piatetski-Shapiro–Rallis’ New Way, it proves these integrals represent the L-function $L^S(s+\tfrac12,$ $\pi\times\tau)$, extending known results from $n=k=2$ and from $k=1$. The construction relies on a detailed calculus of theta-series, $(k,c)$-representations, Speh representations, and Eisenstein series, together with a careful global unfolding and a robust unramified local computation. The results yield a broad New Way-type framework for symplectic-GL pair L-functions, with potential applications to pole-pole criteria and CAP-detection in the spirit of Kudla–Rallis–Soudry. These integrals thus provide new avenues for understanding and accessing $L$-functions attached to $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}\times\mathrm{GL}_k$ via Fourier-analytic models, Theta correspondences, and Weil representations.
Abstract
Let $n$ and $k$ be positive integers such that $n$ is even. We derive new global integrals for $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}\times\mathrm{GL}_k$ from the generalized doubling method of Cai, Friedberg, Ginzburg and Kaplan, following a strategy and extending a previous result of Ginzburg and Soudry on the case $n=k=2$. We show that these new integrals unfold to non-unique models on $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}$. Using the New Way method of Piatetski-Shapiro and Rallis, we show that these new global integrals represent the $L$-functions for $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}\times\mathrm{GL}_k$, generalizing a previous result of the second-named author on $\mathrm{Sp}_{4}\times\mathrm{GL}_2$ and a previous work of Piatetski-Shapiro and Rallis on $\mathrm{Sp}_{2n}\times\mathrm{GL}_1$.
