$P$-adic $L$-functions: $t$-modules and Dirichlet-Goss $L$-series

Abstract

We prove that the order of vanishing of a natural twist of the $P$-adic Carlitz zeta values at the positive "even" integers is always $1$. We also obtain the same result for $P$-adic Pellarin $L$-series, and for almost all $P$-adic Dirichlet-Goss $L$-series. To do so, we demonstrate a $P$-adic version of a reduced variant of the class formula for Anderson $t$-modules proven by Anglès, Ngo Dac and Tavares-Ribeiro in 2020.