Metrized ample line bundles in non-Archimedean geometry II

Abstract

We introduce a class of semipositive metrics on ample line bundles in non-Archimedean geometry, called Shilov finite metrics. We calculate the determinant metric distorsion in the exact sequence induced by a global section using non-Archimedean norm reduction techniques. This leads to an analytic proof to the arithmetic Hilbert-Samuel formula over a local place for a semipositively metrized ample line bundle. We define the equidistribution measure associated to a Shilov finite metric and solve the corresponding inverse problem.