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Quantum Variance for Hecke–Maass Cusp Forms on the Vertical Geodesic

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Let X=PSL2(Z)\HX=\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb Z)\backslash\mathbb H, and let {uj}\{u_j\} be an orthonormal basis of even Hecke–Maass cusp forms on XX with Laplace eigenvalues 1/4+tj21/4+t_j^2. For a real-valued ψ∈Cc∞(0,∞)ψ\in C_c^\infty(0,\infty), define μj(ψ)=∫0∞ψ(y)∣uj(iy)∣2 dyy,M(ψ)=6π∫0∞ψ(y) dyy. μ_j(ψ)=\int_0^\inftyψ(y)|u_j(iy)|^2\,\frac{dy}{y}, \qquad M(ψ)=\frac6π\int_0^\inftyψ(y)\,\frac{dy}{y}. For T≥2T\ge2, 1≤U≤T1\le U\le T, and every ε>0\varepsilon>0, we prove ∑uj evenT<tj≤T+UL(1,sym2uj)∣μj(ψ)−M(ψ)∣2≪ψ,εT1+ε. \sum_{\substack{u_j\ {\rm even}\\T<t_j\le T+U}} L(1,\mathrm{sym}^2u_j)|μ_j(ψ)-M(ψ)|^2 \ll_{ψ,\varepsilon}T^{1+\varepsilon}. As a consequence, for fixed 0<θ≤10<θ\le1, 0<η<θ/20<η<θ/2, and every ε>0\varepsilon>0, if Tθ≤U≤TT^θ\le U\le T, then all but Oψ,θ,η,ε ⁣(T1+2η+ε) O_{ψ,θ,η,\varepsilon} \!\left(T^{1+2η+\varepsilon}\right) of the even forms with T<tj≤T+UT<t_j\le T+U satisfy μj(ψ)=M(ψ)+O(T−η)μ_j(ψ)=M(ψ)+O(T^{-η}). In particular, the exceptional proportion tends to zero in this short spectral interval.

Introduction

The quantum unique ergodicity problem asks whether high-energy Laplace eigenfunctions become equidistributed on the underlying surface. For the modular surface X=Γ\HX=\Gamma\backslash\mathbb{H} with H={x+iy:y>0}\mathbb{H}=\{x+iy:y>0\} and Γ=PSL⁡2(Z)\Gamma=\operatorname{PSL}_{2}(\mathbb{Z}), arithmetic QUE is known for L2L^2-normalised Hecke–Maass cusp forms by the work of Lindenstrauss [10] and Soundararajan [13]. In particular, for every ψ∈Cc∞(X)\psi\in C^\infty_c(X), as tj→∞t_j\to\infty one has

∫Xψ(z)∣uj(z)∣2 dμ(z)⟶1vol⁡(X)∫Xψ(z) dμ(z),\int_X \psi(z)|u_j(z)|^2\,d\mu(z)\longrightarrow\frac{1}{\operatorname{vol}(X)}\int_X\psi(z)\,d\mu(z),

where the hyperbolic area measure dμ(z)d\mu(z) is given by dμ(z)=dx dy/y2d\mu(z)=dx\,dy/y^2, so that vol⁡(X)=π/3\operatorname{vol}(X)=\pi/3.

A natural question is whether the restriction mass of these eigenfunctions also becomes equidistributed along a fixed geodesic. Since the usual QUE result concerns integration against smooth functions on the surface, it does not directly give information about the restriction mass along a geodesic. Young formulated the following conjecture for the vertical geodesic [16 Conjecture 1.1].

Conjecture 1.1. Let uju_j range over even, L2L^2-normalised Hecke–Maass cusp forms on XX, with Laplace eigenvalues 1/4+tj21/4+t_j^2. For every real-valued ψ∈Cc∞(0,∞)\psi\in C^\infty_c(0,\infty),

lim⁡tj→∞uj even∫0∞ψ(y)∣uj(iy)∣2dyy=6π∫0∞ψ(y)dyy.(1)\lim_{\substack{t_j\to\infty\\u_j\ \mathrm{even}}}\int_0^\infty\psi(y)|u_j(iy)|^2\frac{dy}{y}=\frac{6}{\pi}\int_0^\infty\psi(y)\frac{dy}{y}. \tag*{(1)}

One way to study this conjecture is through quantum variance. In the holomorphic setting, Zenz [17] obtained an asymptotic formula for the quantum variance along the vertical geodesic, averaged over Hecke cusp forms of even weights k≍Kk \asymp K. The leading term is of order K3/2log⁡KK^{3/2}\log K. More recently, the authors [14] extended this result to short weight intervals of length G=K9/10G=K^{9/10}, obtaining an asymptotic formula with a leading term of order K1/2Glog⁡KK^{1/2}G\log K.

Let {uj}\{u_j\} be an orthonormal basis of even Hecke–Maass cusp forms on XX with Laplace eigenvalues 1/4+tj21/4+t_j^2. We have the following Fourier–Whittaker expansion (see [7])

uj(x+iy)=y∑n≠0ρj(n)Kitj(2π∣n∣y)e(nx),u_j(x+iy)=\sqrt{y}\sum_{n\ne0}\rho_j(n)K_{it_j}(2\pi|n|y)e(nx),

where, as usual, e(x)=e2πixe(x)=e^{2\pi ix} and ρj(±n)=ρj(1)λj(n)\rho_j(\pm n)=\rho_j(1)\lambda_j(n) for n≥1n\ge1. The Hecke eigenvalues λj(n)\lambda_j(n) satisfy

λj(m)λj(n)=∑d∣(m,n)λj(mn/d2).\lambda_j(m)\lambda_j(n)=\sum_{d\mid(m,n)}\lambda_j(mn/d^2).

The L2L^2-normalisation gives

∣ρj(1)∣2cosh⁡(πtj)=2L(1,sym⁡2uj).\frac{|\rho_j(1)|^2}{\cosh(\pi t_j)}=\frac{2}{L(1,\operatorname{sym}^2u_j)}.

Our main result is the following.

Theorem 1.2. For T≥2T\ge2, 1≤U≤T1\le U\le T, every real-valued ψ∈Cc∞(0,∞)\psi\in C^\infty_c(0,\infty), and every ε>0\varepsilon>0,

∑uj evenT<tj≤T+UL(1,sym⁡2uj)∣∫0∞ψ(y)∣uj(iy)∣2dyy−6π∫0∞ψ(y)dyy∣2≪ψ,εT1+ε.(2)\sum_{\substack{u_j\ \mathrm{even}\\ T<t_j\le T+U}}L(1,\operatorname{sym}^2u_j)\left|\int_0^\infty\psi(y)|u_j(iy)|^2\frac{dy}{y}-\frac{6}{\pi}\int_0^\infty\psi(y)\frac{dy}{y}\right|^2\ll_{\psi,\varepsilon}T^{1+\varepsilon}. \tag*{(2)}

Here the implied constant depends only on ψ\psi and ε\varepsilon, and the estimate is uniform for 1≤U≤T1\le U\le T.

For U≥TθU\ge T^\theta with fixed θ>0\theta>0, the even-spectrum Weyl law (see Lemma A.1) gives

#{j even:T<tj≤T+U}≍TU.\#\{j\ \mathrm{even}:T<t_j\le T+U\}\asymp TU.

Thus the upper bound in (2) implies the average order of the weighted squares L(1,sym⁡2uj)∣μj(ψ)−M(ψ)∣2L(1,\operatorname{sym}^2u_j)|\mu_j(\psi)-M(\psi)|^2 is Oψ,ε(Tε/U)O_{\psi,\varepsilon}(T^\varepsilon/U). We can compare this bound with the holomorphic case. For holomorphic cusp forms of weights k≍Kk\asymp K, the results of Zenz [17] and the authors [14] give an average of order K−1/2log⁡KK^{-1/2}\log K, while for U=TθU=T^\theta with θ>1/2\theta>1/2, the bound in (2) gives T−θ+εT^{-\theta+\varepsilon}, which has a smaller power of the spectral parameter.

As a direct consequence of Theorem 1.2 and the even-spectrum Weyl law in Lemma A.1, we obtain density-one restricted equidistribution in short spectral intervals.

Corollary 1.3. Fix a real-valued ψ∈Cc∞(0,∞)\psi\in C^\infty_c(0,\infty), 0<θ≤10<\theta\le1, and 0<η<θ/20<\eta<\theta/2. If Tθ≤U≤TT^\theta\le U\le T, then for every ε>0\varepsilon>0 all but

Oψ,θ,η,ε(T1+2η+ε)(3)O_{\psi,\theta,\eta,\varepsilon}(T^{1+2\eta+\varepsilon}) \tag*{(3)}

even forms with T<tj≤T+UT<t_j\le T+U satisfy

∫0∞ψ(y)∣uj(iy)∣2dyy=6π∫0∞ψ(y)dyy+O(T−η).\int_0^\infty\psi(y)|u_j(iy)|^2\frac{dy}{y}=\frac{6}{\pi}\int_0^\infty\psi(y)\frac{dy}{y}+O(T^{-\eta}).

In particular, taking 0<ε<θ−2η0<\varepsilon<\theta-2\eta, the exceptional proportion tends to zero.

Proof. Fix ε>0\varepsilon> 0 and let E\mathcal{E} be the exceptional set. Applying the lower bound L(1,sym⁡2uj)≫εT−ε/2L(1,\operatorname{sym}^{2}u_j) \gg_{\varepsilon} T^{-\varepsilon/2} and Theorem 1.2, we obtain

#E≪ψ,εT1+2η+ε.\#\mathcal{E} \ll_{\psi,\varepsilon} T^{1+2\eta+\varepsilon}.

By Lemma A.1 in Appendix A, the even-spectrum count satisfies

#{j even:T<tj≤T+U}=2TU+U224+O(Tlog⁡T)≍θTU\#\{j\ \mathrm{even}: T < t_j \leq T+U\} = \frac{2TU+U^2}{24}+O(T\log T)\asymp_{\theta} TU

uniformly for Tθ≤U≤TT^{\theta} \leq U \leq T as T→∞T \to\infty. Thus by choosing 0<ε<θ−2η0 < \varepsilon< \theta- 2\eta, we obtain that the exceptional proportion is

Oψ,θ,η,ε(T2η+ε−θ)=o(1).O_{\psi,\theta,\eta,\varepsilon}(T^{2\eta+\varepsilon-\theta})=o(1).

□\square

Outline of the proof of Theorem 1.2. We substitute the Fourier–Whittaker expansion of the Maass forms into the restriction integral and separate the resulting sum into diagonal and off-diagonal parts. The diagonal part has a direct interpretation in terms of an incomplete Eisenstein series. For h(y)=yψ(y)h(y)=y\psi(y), let

E(z∣h)=∑γ∈Γ∞\Γh(Im⁡γz).E(z\mid h)=\sum_{\gamma\in\Gamma_{\infty}\backslash\Gamma}h(\operatorname{Im}\gamma z).

Unfolding shows that the diagonal part is exactly

2⟨∣uj∣2,E(⋅∣yψ)⟩X.2\langle|u_j|^2,E(\cdot\mid y\psi)\rangle_X.

Since vol⁡(X)=π/3\operatorname{vol}(X)=\pi/3, we have

2vol⁡(X)⟨E(⋅∣yψ),1⟩X=6π∫0∞ψ(y)dyy.\frac{2}{\operatorname{vol}(X)}\langle E(\cdot\mid y\psi),1\rangle_X=\frac{6}{\pi}\int_0^\infty\psi(y)\frac{dy}{y}.

Thus the constant part of the incomplete Eisenstein series gives the predicted mass. The diagonal fluctuations are controlled by the quantum variance estimate of Luo and Sarnak [12 Proposition 3.1].

The off-diagonal terms involve the normalised Bessel product integral

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