Equidistribution and arithmetic $\Lambda$-distributions

Abstract

We formulate an abstract notion of equidistribution for families of $\lambda$-probability spaces parameterized by admissible $\mathbb{Z}$-sets. Under the assumption of equidistribution, we show that the $\sigma$-moment generating functions of certain infinite sums of random variables can be computed as motivic Euler products. Combining this result with earlier generalizations of Poonen's sieve, we compute the asymptotic $\Lambda$-distributions for several natural families of function field $L$-functions and zeta functions.