Clifford theory of Weil representations of unitary groups
Abstract Let {\mathcal{O}} be an involutive discrete valuation ring with residue field of characteristic not 2. Let A be a quotient of {\mathcal{O}} by a nonzero power of its maximal ideal, and let {*} be the involution that A inherits from {\mathcal{O}} . We consider various unitary groups {\mathcal{U}_{m}(A)} of rank m over A, depending on the nature of {*} and the equivalence type of the underlying hermitian or skew hermitian form. Each group {\mathcal{U}_{m}(A)} gives rise to a Weil representation. In this paper, we give a Clifford theory description of all irreducible components of the Weil representation of {\mathcal{U}_{m}(A)} with respect to all of its abelian congruence subgroups and a third of its nonabelian congruence subgroups.