UC Santa Cruz

Let $\Lambda$ be a subgroup of an arithmetic lattice in $\mathrm{SO}(n+1 , 1)$. The quotient $\mathbb{H}^{n+1} / \Lambda$ has a natural family of congruence covers corresponding to ideals in a ring of integers. We establish a super-strong approximation result for Zariski-dense $\Lambda$ with some additional regularity and thickness properties. Concretely, this asserts a quantitative spectral gap for the Laplacian operators on the congruence covers. This generalizes results of Sarnak and Xue (1991) and Gamburd (2002)