Harmonic Analysis on Quantum Complex Hyperbolic Spaces

In this paper we obtain some results of harmonic analysis on quantum complex hyperbolic spaces. We introduce a quantum analog for the Laplace–Beltrami operator and its radial part. The latter appear to be second order $q$-difference operator, whose eigenfunctions are related to the Al-Salam–Chihara polynomials. We prove a Plancherel type theorem for it.