Explicit mean value theorems for toric periods and automorphic $L$-functions

Abstract

Let $F$ be a number field and $D$ a quaternion algebra over $F$. Take a cuspidal automorphic representation $\pi$ of $D_{\mathbb{A}}^\times$ with trivial central character and a cusp form $\phi$ in $\pi$. Using the prehomogeneous zeta function, we find an explicit mean value of the toric periods of $\phi$ with respect to quadratic algebras over $F$. The result can also be written as a mean value formula for the central values of automorphic $L$-functions twisted by quadratic characters.