Orlicz spaces associated to a quasi-Banach function space: applications to vector measures and interpolation

The Orlicz spaces $$X^{\varPhi }$$ associated to a quasi-Banach function space X are defined by replacing the role of the space $$L^1$$ by X in the classical construction of Orlicz spaces. Given a vector measure m,  we can apply this construction to the spaces $$L^1_w(m),$$ $$L^1(m)$$ and $$L^1(\Vert m\Vert )$$ of integrable functions (in the weak, strong and Choquet sense, respectively) in order to obtain the known Orlicz spaces $$L^{\varPhi }_w(m)$$ and $$L^{\varPhi }(m)$$ and the new ones $$L^{\varPhi }(\Vert m\Vert ).$$ Therefore, we are providing a framework where dealing with different kind of Orlicz spaces in a unified way. Some applications to complex interpolation are also given.