The Kottwitz conjecture for unitary PEL-type Rapoport–Zink spaces

Abstract

Abstract In this paper we study the cohomology of PEL-type Rapoport–Zink spaces associated to unramified unitary similitude groups over ℚ p {\operatorname{\mathbb{Q}}_{p}} in an odd number of variables. We extend the results of Kaletha–Minguez–Shin–White and Mok to construct a local Langlands correspondence for these groups and prove an averaging formula relating the cohomology of Rapoport–Zink spaces to this correspondence. We use this formula to prove the Kottwitz conjecture for the groups we consider.