Sur les quotients discrets de semi-groupes complexes

Abstract

Let $X=G/K$ be an irreducible Hermitian symmetric space of the non-compact type and let $S\in G^\mbb{C}$ be the associated compression semi-group. Let $\Gamma$ be a discrete subgroup of $G$. We give a sufficient condition for $\Gamma\backslash S$ to be a Stein manifold. Moreover, we show that in general $\Gamma\backslash S$ is not Stein, which disproves a conjecture by Achab, Betten and Kr\"otz.