Journal Home Page Cumulative Index List of all Volumes Complete Contentsof this Volume Previous Article Journal of Lie Theory 16 (2006), No. 2, 251--270Copyright Heldermann Verlag 2006 Symmetry of Arthur Parameters under Aubert Involution Dubravka Ban Universität Münster, Mathematisches Institut, Einsteinstr. 62, 48149 Münster, Germany Permanent Address: Dept. of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, U.S.A. dban@math.siu.edu [Abstract-pdf] For a generic irreducible representation $\pi$ of the odd orthogonal group SO$(2n+1,F)$ over a $p$-adic field $F$, we compute the Aubert involution $\hat{\pi}$ and the corresponding $L$-parameter. We show that, among generic representations, only tempered representations are base points attached to $A$-parameters and prove that in this case the $A$-parameters of $\pi$ and $\hat{\pi}$ are symmetric. In addition, we consider $A$-parameters $\psi$ of SO$(2n+1, F)$ corresponding to certain nontempered representations and prove that $\psi$ and $\hat{\psi}$ are symmetric. Keywords: Arthur parameters, Aubert involution, odd orthogonal groups over $p$-adic fields. MSC: 22E50, 11F70 [ Fulltext-pdf  (236  KB)] for subscribers only.