On the 1-dimensional complex Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator

Abstract

We show that for any fixed $\theta\in(-\frac{\pi}{2},\,0)\cup (0,\,\frac{\pi}{2})$, the 1-dimensional complex Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator \begin{equation*} \tilde{\mathcal{L}}_{\theta}= 4\cos\theta \frac{\partial^2}{\partial z\partial \bar{z}}-e^{\mi\theta} z \frac{\partial}{\partial z}-e^{-\mi\theta}\bar{z} \frac{\partial}{\partial \bar{z}}, \end{equation*} is a normal (but nonsymmetric) diffusion operator.