On Rational Nilpotent Orbits of $SL_{n}$ and $Sp_{2n}$ over a Local Non-Archimedean Field

Abstract

We relate the partition-type parametrization of rational (arithmetic) nilpotent adjoint orbits of the split classical groups $SL_n$ and $Sp_{2n}$ over local non-Archimedean fields with a parametrization, introduced by DeBacker in 2002, which uses the associated Bruhat-Tits building to relate the question to one over the residue field.