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For general Kähler manifolds the authors present another proof of the existence of formal deformation quantizations which respect the complex structure, i.e. which fulfill the ``separation of variables'' property introduced by A. V. Karabegov. The star product is obtained by expansions of formal integrals. The expansions are given in terms of graphs which are related to Feynman diagrams. The result might be considered as a formal globalization of the formulas of Berezin. In more detail: First Berezin's construction of the deformation quantization for \(\mathbb C^n\), using covariant symbols, is recalled. For the construction to work, Berezin had to make several assumptions (besides assuming the existence of a global Kähler potential). These assumptions are essentially only valid for very special Kähler manifolds, the flag varieties and their generalizations. In Berezin's work the deformation parameter \(\hbar\) appears as a real-valued parameter and the formulas are given via integrals. The formulas depend on the particular choice of the Kähler potential and are coordinate dependant. Next the authors construct for \(\mathbb C^n\) and for Kähler potentials which can be analytically continued a non-normalized star product \(\bullet\) in a formal parameter \(\hbar\). It is defined by a Laplace expansion of a formal integral involving Calabi's diastatic function at its critical point. The coefficients of the expansion for \(f\bullet g\) can be expressed with the help of partition functions of a restricted set \(G\) of locally oriented graphs fulfilling some additional conditions. In particular, each \(\Gamma\in G\) contains two special vertices, a vertex \(R\) with only incoming edges and and a vertex \(L\) with only outgoing edges. The star product as formal power series in \(\hbar\) can be written as \[ f\bullet g=\sum_{\Gamma\in G}\frac {\hbar^{\chi(\Gamma)}}{|Aut(\Gamma)|} D_\Gamma(f,g). \] Here \(D_\Gamma(f,g)\) is the partition function of the graph \(\Gamma\) equipped with certain additional data, \(Aut(\Gamma)\) is the subgroup of automorphism of the graph \(\Gamma\) respecting the special structure, \(\chi(\Gamma)\) is the number of edges of \(\Gamma\) minus the number of ``solid'' vertices. The special vertex \(L\) is responsible for differentiating \(f\) with respect to anti-holomorphic coordinates and \(R\) for differentiating \(g\) with respect to holomorphic coordinates. It is shown that the product \(\bullet\) is ``functorial'' with respect to holomorphic changes of coordinates and that it defines a formal deformation quantization for any arbitrary complex manifold \(M\) with a symplectic \((1,1)\)-form. In general \(1\bullet f\neq f\neq f\bullet 1\), i.e. it is not normalized. But the obtained algebra contains a unit element which is invertible. This unit is used to rescale \(\bullet\) to obtain a star product \(\star\) which is normalized. Expressions for the coefficients up to order two are given. The construction does not work in the Poisson case. The authors present some ideas using supersymmetric extensions which might be helpful in the Poisson case. Finally, for \(\mathbb C^n\), the formal Bergman transform, Berezin transform, and the Berezin-Toeplitz operators on the space of global sections of the bundle of formal (with respect to \(\hbar\)) infinite holomorphic jets over \(\mathbb C^n\) are introduced. Most likely due to space limitations, some arguments in the article are presented rather sketchy. For further constructions of star products for general Kähler manifolds, see [\textit{A. Karabegov}, Commun. Math. Phys. 180, 745-755 (1996; Zbl 0866.58037), \textit{M. Bordemann} and \textit{S. Waldmann}, Lett. Math. Phys. 41, 243-253 (1997; Zbl 0892.53028), \textit{M. Schlichenmaier}, Deformation quantization of compact Kähler manifolds by Berezin-Toeplitz quantization Math. Phys. Stud. 22, 289-306 (2000; Zbl 1028.53085), and \textit{M. Engliš}, Weighted Bergman kernels and quantization, Commun. Math. Phys. 227, 211-241 (2002; Zbl 1010.32002)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0947.00010].