The Gindikin-Karpelevich Formula and Constant Terms of Eisenstein Series for Brylinski-Deligne Extensions

Abstract: We firstly discuss properties of the L-group for Brylinski-Deligne (BD) extensions constructed by M. Weissman. Secondly, the Gindikin-Karpelevich (GK) formula for arbitrary BD extensions is computed and expressed in terms of naturally defined elements of the group. We show that the GK formula can be interpreted as Langlands-Shahidi type L-functions associated with the ajoint action of the L-group of the Levi on certain Lie algebras. As a consequence, the constant term of Eisenstein series for BD extensions could be expressed in terms of global (partial) Langlands-Shahidi type L-functions. In the end, we use this to determine the residual spectrum of BD covers of some semisimple rank one groups.