On exotic matrix exponential sums and Bessel-Speh functions

Abstract: We define the notions of non-abelian exotic Gauss sums and of exotic matrix Kloosterman sums, the latter one generalizing the notions of Katz's exotic Kloosterman sums and of twisted matrix Kloosterman sums. Using Kondo's Gauss sum and results about Shintani lifts, we reduce non-abelian exotic Gauss sums to products of classical (exotic) Gauss sums. Using Macdonald's characteristic maps, we generalize our previous result and show that exotic matrix Kloosterman sums can be expressed as products of modified Hall-Littlewood polynomials evaluated at roots of the characteristic polynomial corresponding to the Frobenius action on Katz's exotic Kloosterman sheaf. Using the Ginzburg-Kaplan gamma factors that we previously defined with Carmon, we establish a relation between special values of Bessel functions attached to Speh representations and exotic matrix Kloosterman sums. Using this relation, we prove various identities.