Some Aspects of Positive Kernel Method of Quantization

We discuss various aspects of the positive kernel method of quantization of the one-parameter groups $$\tau _t \in \text{ Aut }(P,\vartheta )$$ τ t ∈ Aut ( P , ϑ ) of automorphisms of a G-principal bundle $$P(G,\pi ,M)$$ P ( G , π , M ) with a fixed connection form $$\vartheta $$ ϑ on its total space P. We show that the generator $${\hat{F}}$$ F ^ of the unitary flow $$U_t = e^{it {\hat{F}}}$$ U t = e i t F ^ being the quantization of $$\tau _t $$ τ t is realized by a generalized Kirillov–Kostant–Souriau operator whose domain consists of sections of some vector bundle over M, which are defined by a suitable positive kernel. This method of quantization applied to the case when $$G=\hbox {GL}(N,{\mathbb {C}})$$ G = GL ( N , C ) and M is a non-compact Riemann surface leads to quantization of the arbitrary holomorphic flow $$\tau _t^{\mathrm{hol}} \in \text{ Aut }(P,\vartheta )$$ τ t hol ∈ Aut ( P , ϑ ) . For the above case, we present the integral decompositions of the positive kernels on $$P\times P$$ P × P invariant with respect to the flows $$\tau _t^{\mathrm{hol}}$$ τ t hol in terms of the spectral measure of $${\hat{F}}$$ F ^ . These decompositions generalize the ones given by Bochner’s Theorem for the positive kernels on $${\mathbb {C}} \times {\mathbb {C}}$$ C × C invariant with respect to the one-parameter groups of translations of complex plane.