On characteristic ideal of Selmer group associated to Artin representations

Abstract

Selmer group for an Artin representation over totally real fields was studied by Greenberg and Vatsal. In this paper we study the Selmer groups for an Artin representation over a totally complex field. We establish an algebraic function of the characteristic ideal of the Selmer group associated to Artin representation over the cyclotomic $\Z_p$- extension of the rational numbers under certain mild hypotheses and construct several examples to illustrate our result. We also prove that in this situation $\mu$-invariant of the dual Selmer group is independent of the choice of the lattice.