Non-pluripolar energy and the complex Monge-Amp\`ere operator

Abstract: Given a domain

O m e g a s u b s e t m a t h b f C^{n}

we introduce a class of plurisubharmonic (psh) functions

m a t h c a l G (O m e g a)

and Monge-Amp`ere operators

u m a p s t o [d d^{c} u]^{p}

,

p l e q n

, on

m a t h c a l G (O m e g a)

that extend the Bedford-Taylor-Demailly Monge-Amp`ere operators. Here

[d d^{c} u]^{p}

is a closed positive current of bidegree

(p, p)

that dominates the non-pluripolar Monge-Amp`ere current

l a n g l e d d^{c} u a n g l e^{p}

. We prove that

[d d^{c} u]^{p}

is the limit of Monge-Amp`ere currents of certain natural regularizations of

u

. On a compact K"ahler manifold

(X, o m e g a)

we introduce a notion of non-pluripolar energy and a corresponding finite energy class

m a t h c a l G (X, o m e g a) s u b s e t e x t P S H (X, o m e g a)

that is a global version of

m a t h c a l G (O m e g a)

. From the local construction we get global Monge-Amp`ere currents

[d d^{c} v a r p h i + o m e g a]^{p}

for

v a r p h i i n m a t h c a l G (X, o m e g a)

that only depend on the current

d d^{c} v a r p h i + o m e g a

. The limits of Monge-Amp`ere currents of certain natural regularizations of

v a r p h i

can be expressed in terms of

[d d^{c} v a r p h i + o m e g a]^{j}

for

j l e q p

. We get a mass formula involving the currents

[d d^{c} v a r p h i + o m e g a]^{p}

that describes the loss of mass of the non-pluripolar Monge-Amp`ere measure

l a n g l e d d^{c} v a r p h i + o m e g a a n g l e^{n}

. The class

m a t h c a l G (X, o m e g a)

includes

o m e g a

-psh functions with analytic singularities and the class

m a t h c a l E (X, o m e g a)

of

o m e g a

-psh functions of finite energy and certain other convex energy classes, although it is not convex itself.

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