On the $\lambda$-invariant of Selmer Groups Arising from Certain Quadratic Twists of Gross Curves

Abstract

Let q be a prime with q ≡ 7 mod 8, and let K = Q( √ −q). Then 2 splits in K, and we write p for either of the primes K above 2. Let K∞ be the unique Z2-extension of K unramified outside p with n-th layer Kn. For certain quadratic and biquadratic extensions F/K, we prove a simple exact formula for the λ-invariant of the Galois group of the maximal abelian 2-extension unramified outside p of the field F∞ = FK∞. Equivalently, our result determines the exact Z2-corank of certain Selmer groups over F∞ of a large family of quadratic twists of the higher dimensional abelian variety with complex multiplication, which is the restriction of scalars to K of the Gross curve with complex multiplication defined over the Hilbert class field of K. We also discuss computations of the associated Selmer groups over Kn in the case when the λ-invariant is equal to 1.