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We investigate a class of actions of real Lie groups on complex spaces. Using moment map techniques we establish the existence of a quotient and a version of Luna’s slice theorem as well as a version of the Hilbert–Mumford criterion. A global slice theorem is proved for proper actions. We give new proofs of results of Mostow on decompositions of groups and homogeneous spaces.
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First author partially supported by the Sonderforschungsbereich SFB/TR12 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the DFG Schwerpunk program Globale Methoden in der komplexen Geometrie.
Second author partially supported by NSA grant H98230–04–01–0070.