Stability of Asai local factors for $GL(2)$

Abstract

Let $F$ be a non-archimedean local field of characteristic not equal to $2$ and let $E/F$ be a quadratic algebra. We prove the stability of local factors attached to (complex) irreducible admissible representations of $GL(2,E)$ via the Rankin-Selberg method under highly ramified twists. This includes both the Asai as well as the Rankin-Selberg local factors attached to pairs. Our method relies on expressing the gamma factor as a Mellin transform using Bessel functions.