Holomorphic family of strongly pseudoconvex domains in a Kähler manifold

Abstract

Let $p:X\to Y$ be a surjective holomorphic mapping between Kähler manifolds. Let $D$ be a bounded smooth domain in $X$ such that every generic fiber $D_y:=D\cap p^{-1}(y)$ for $y\in Y$ is a strongly pseudoconvex domain in $X_y:=p^{-1}(y)$, which admits the complete Kähler-Einstein metric. This family of Kähler-Einstein metrics induces a smooth $(1,1)$-form $\rho$ on $D$. In this paper, we prove that $\rho$ is positive-definite on $D$ if $D$ is strongly pseudoconvex. We also discuss the extensioin of $\rho$ as a positive current across singular fibers.