Normal bundles of cycles in flag domains (Q1629685)

Let $G$ be a connected complex semisimple Lie group with a real form $G_0\subseteq G$ and a projective algebraic homogeneous space $Z=G/Q$ that is called a flag manifold. Any open $G_0$-orbit $D\subseteq Z$ is called a flag domain. If $K_0\subseteq G_0$ is a maximal compact subgroup, then by a result of \textit{J. A. Wolf} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 75, 1121--1237 (1969; Zbl 0183.50901)] there exists exactly one $K_0$-orbit $C_0\subseteq D$ which is a complex manifold, and $C_0$ is called the $K_0$-base cycle. In the paper under review, one proves among other things that if $C=g(C_0)$, with $g\in G$, is a cycle satisfying $C\subseteq D$, then the normal bundle of $C$ in $D$ is trivial if and only if the flag domain $D$ is holomorphically convex, and then it is the product of the cycle under consideration and a Hermitian symmetric space. The authors also prove that if $D$ fails to decompose as such a product, then $D$ is pseudoconcave in the sense of Andreotti. This is a well-written paper and a good illustration of the fruitful interaction between Lie theory and complex analysis.