Bounds for moments of twisted quadratic characters of prime modulus

Abstract

We study, under the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH), the moments of sums of Fourier coefficients of a fixed holomorphic Hecke eigenform twisted by the quadratic character ${\chi }_{8p}$, where $p$ ranges over odd primes. We establish the correct order of magnitude for the unsmoothed $m$-th moment for all real $m\ge 4$, and a sharp upper bound of order $X{Y}^{m/2}(\log X{)}^{m(m-3)/2}$ for the smoothed $m$-th moment for all integers $m\ge 4$. A matching lower bound for all even integers $m\ge 4$ shows that this bound is optimal.

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