Real double coset spaces and their invariants (Q837048)

Let \(G\) be a real form of a complex reductive group, and let \(\sigma \) and \(\theta \) be involutions of \(G\). Let \(H=G^{\sigma}\) denote the fixed group of \(\sigma \) and let \(K=G^{\theta}\) denote the fixed group of \(\theta \). The double coset space \(H G/K,\) especially when it is closed, is calculated using a moment map and invariant theoretic techniques. One salient point of the results is a stratification of a quotient of a compact torus over which the closed double cosets fiber as a collection of trivial bundles.