On the extended Whittaker category

Abstract

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group, with connected center, and $X$ a smooth complete curve, both defined over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let $\operatorname{Bun}_G$ denote the stack of $G$-bundles on $X$. In analogy with the classical theory of Whittaker coefficients for automorphic functions, we construct a "Fourier transform" functor, called $\mathsf{coeff}_{G,\mathsf{ext}}$, from the DG category of $\mathfrak{D}$-modules on $\operatorname{Bun}_G$ to a certain DG category $\mathcal{W}h(G,\mathsf{ext})$, called the \emph{extended Whittaker category}. Combined with work in progress by other mathematicians and the author, this construction allows to formulate the compatibility of the Langlands duality functor $\mathbb{L}_G: \operatorname{IndCoh}_{\mathcal N}(\operatorname{LocSys}_{\check{G}}) \to \mathfrak{D}(\operatorname{Bun}_G)$ with the Whittaker model. For $G=GL_n$ and $G=PGL_n$, we prove that $\mathsf{coeff}_{G,\mathsf{ext}}$ is fully faithful. This result guarantees that, for those groups, $\mathbb{L}_G$ is unique (if it exists) and necessarily fully faithful.