Functional calculus for generators of symmetric contraction semigroups

We prove that every generator of a symmetric contraction semigroup on a $\sigma$-finite measure space admits, for $1<p<\infty$, a H\"ormander-type holomorphic functional calculus on $L^p$ in the sector of angle $\phi^*_p=\arcsin|1-2/p|$. The obtained angle is optimal.