TITLE: Abscissa of convergence of Dirichlet series
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Let $D(s)$ be a Dirichlet series with abscissa of convergence $\sigma_c=\sigma_a$. Does it follow that the Dirichlet series defined by $P(s)=D(s)\bar D(\bar s)$ has the same abscissa of convergence?
In light of Noam D. Elkies answer below, I would like to know about conditions on the coefficients that also lead to the divergence of the square? What if the coefficients are completely multiplicative?

REPLY [11 votes]: That's not true even for power series with real coefficients.
Let
$$
D(s) = \sqrt{1-2^{-s}} 
 = 1 - \frac12 2^{-s} - \frac18 4^{-s} - \frac1{16} 8^{-s} - \frac5{128} 16^{-s}
- \cdots .
$$
Then $P(s) = 1 - 2^{-s}$, so 
$\sigma_c(D) = \sigma_a(D) = 0$ but 
$\sigma_c(P) = \sigma_a(P) = -\infty$.