On branching laws of Speh representations

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the branching law of the Speh representation $\mathrm{Sp}(\pi,n+l)$ of $\mathrm{GL}{2n+2l}$ with respect to the block diagonal subgroup $\mathrm{GL}_n\times\mathrm{GL}{n+2l}$ for any irreducible generic representation $\pi$ of $\mathrm{GL}2$ over any $p$-adic field. We use the Shalika model of $\mathrm{Sp}(\pi,n)$ to construct certain zeta integrals, which were defined by Ginzburg and Kaplan independently, and study them. Finally, using these zeta integrals, we obtain a nonzero $\mathrm{GL}_n\times\mathrm{GL}{n+2l}$-map from $\mathrm{Sp}(\pi,n+l)$ to $\tau\boxtimes\tau^\vee\chi_\pi\times\mathrm{Sp}(\pi, l)$ for any irreducible representation $\tau$ of $\mathrm{GL}_n$. These results form part of the local theory of the Miyawaki lifting for unitary groups.