A note on the twisted degree $6$ $L$-function for Hermitian cusp forms of degree $2$
Rafail Psyroukis
TL;DR
This paper addresses the analytic properties of the twisted degree six $L$-function attached to a Hermitian cusp form $F$ of degree two over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$. By combining Gritsenko's Hermitian framework with the twisted Dirichlet-series methods of Das–Jha and exploiting Fourier–Jacobi expansions, it constructs a completed twisted $L$-function $Z_{F}^{*}(s,\chi)$ and derives its Euler product structure. The main accomplishment is establishing meromorphic continuation to $\mathbb{C}$ and a functional equation $Z_{F}^{*}(2k-3-s,\chi)=Z_{F}^{*}(s,\chi)$, with specific possible simple poles when $\chi$ is principal, by relating twisted Dirichlet series to $Z_{F}^{*}$ through an inner-product identity involving a Jacobi cusp form in the Maass space. This advances the understanding of twisted $L$-functions for Hermitian modular forms and provides a bridge between parallel Hermitian and Siegel frameworks, enabling potential arithmetic applications.
Abstract
Let $F$ be a cuspidal Hermitian eigenform of degree two over $\mathbb{Q}(i)$, with first Fourier-Jacobi coefficient not identically zero. Building on a paper by Das and Jha, we prove the meromorphic continuation to $\mathbb{C}$ and the functional equation of a degree six $L$-function attached to $F$ by Gritsenko, twisted by a Dirichlet character.
