Stabilization of Periods of Eisenstein Series and Bessel Distributions on $GL(3)$ Relative to $U(3)$

We study the regularized periods of Eisenstein series on $GL(3)$ relative to $U(3)$. A stabilization procedure is used to express the periods in terms of $L$-functions. This is combined with the relative trace formula Jacquet and Ye to obtain new identities on Bessel distributions.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11F30, 11F67, 11F70, 11F72

Keywords and Phrases: Eisenstein series, Bessel distributions, periods, stabilization

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