On twisted exterior and symmetric square $\gamma$-factors

Abstract

We establish the existence and uniqueness of twisted exterior and symmetric square $\gamma$-factors in positive characteristic by studying the Siegel Levi case of generalized spinor groups. The corresponding theory in characteristic zero is due to Shahidi. In addition, in characteristic $p$ we prove that these twisted local factors are compatible with the local Langlands correspondence. As a consequence, still in characteristic $p$, we obtain a proof of the stability property of $\gamma$-factors under twists by highly ramified characters. Next we use the results on the compatibility of the Langlands-Shahidi local coefficients with the Deligne-Kazhdan theory over close local fields to show that the twisted symmetric and exterior square $\gamma$-factors, $L$-functions and $\varepsilon$-factors are preserved over close local fields. Furthermore, we obtain a formula for Plancherel measures in terms of local factors and we also show that they also preserved over close local fields.