A transference principle for general groups and functional calculus on UMD spaces

Let –iA be the generator of a C ₀-group on a Banach space X and ω > θ(U), the group type of U. We prove a transference principle that allows to estimate in terms of the -Fourier multiplier norm of . If X is a Hilbert space this yields new proofs of important results of McIntosh and Boyadzhiev–de Laubenfels. If X is a UMD space, one obtains a bounded -calculus of A on horizontal strips. Related results for sectorial and parabola-type operators follow. Finally it is proved that each generator of a cosine function on a UMD space has bounded -calculus on sectors.