The complex-time Segal-Bargmann transform

Abstract: We introduce a new form of the Segal--Bargmann transform for a Lie group

K

of compact type. We show that the heat kernel

(h o_{t} (x))_{t > 0, x i n K}

has a space-time analytic continuation to a holomorphic function [ ( ho_{mathbb{C}}( au,z))_{mathrm{Re}, au>0,zin K_{mathbb{C}}} ] where

K_{m a t h b b C}

is the complexification of

K

. The new transform is defined by the integral [ (B_{ au}f)(z)=int_{K} ho_{mathbb{C}}( au,zk^{-1})f(k),dk,quad zin K_{mathbb{C}}. ] If

s > 0

and

a u i n m a t h b b D (s, s)

(the disk of radius

s

centered at

s

), this integral defines a holomorphic function on

K_{m a t h b b C}

for each

f i n L^{2} (K, h o_{s})

. We construct a heat kernel density

m u_{s, a u}

on

K_{m a t h b b C}

such that, for all

s, a u

as above,

B_{s, a u} := B_{a u} |_{L^{2} (K, h o_{s})}

is an isometric isomorphism from

L^{2} (K, h o_{s})

onto the space of holomorphic functions in

L^{2} (K_{m a t h b b C}, m u_{s, a u})

. When

a u = t = s

, the transform

B_{t, t}

coincides with the one introduced by the second author for compact groups and extended by the first author to groups of compact type. When

a u = t i n (0, 2 s)

, the transform

B_{s, t}

coincides with the one introduced by the first two authors.

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