Theta lifting of holomorphic discrete series: The case of 𝑈(𝑛,𝑛)×𝑈(𝑝,𝑞)

Nishiyama, Kyo; Zhu, Chen-bo

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-01-02830-6

Theta lifting of holomorphic discrete series: The case of $U(n, n) \times U(p, q)$
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Abstract:

Let $( G, G’ ) = ( U( n, n ), U( p, q ) ) \; ( p + q \leq n )$ be a reductive dual pair in the stable range. We investigate theta lifts to $G$ of unitary characters and holomorphic discrete series representations of $G’$, in relation to the geometry of nilpotent orbits. We give explicit formulas for their $K$-type decompositions. In particular, for the theta lifts of unitary characters, or holomorphic discrete series with a scalar extreme $K’$-type, we show that the $K$ structure of the resulting representations of $G$ is almost identical to the $K_{\mathbb {C}}$-module structure of the regular function rings on the closure of the associated nilpotent $K_{\mathbb {C}}$-orbits in $\mathfrak {s}$, where $\mathfrak {g} = \mathfrak {k} \oplus \mathfrak {s}$ is a Cartan decomposition. As a consequence, their associated cycles are multiplicity free.

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