The Szegő kernel for certain non-pseudoconvex domains in \(\mathbb C^{2}\) (Q351812)

This article studies singularities of the Szegő kernel function on the unbounded domains in \(\mathbb{C}^2\) for which \(\Im(z_2)>b(\Re(z_1))\), where \(b(t)=\frac{1}{4}t^4 + \frac{1}{2}pt^2 +qt\), and the parameters \(p\) and~\(q\) are real numbers, with \(p\)~being negative. Since \(p<0\), the function~\(b\) is not convex near the origin, so such domains are not pseudoconvex. The authors determine a set on which the kernel function is smooth and show that there are some points off the boundary diagonal at which the kernel is singular as well as some points on the boundary diagonal at which the kernel is not singular. The proofs involve delicate estimation of explicit integral representations for the kernel functions. The results are part of the first author's 2011 PhD dissertation written under the direction of the second author.