Uniqueness of the group measure space decomposition for Popa's \Cal H\Cal T factors

Abstract: We prove that every group measure space II

_{1}

factor

L^{i n f t y} (X) t i m e s G a m m a

coming from a free ergodic rigid (in the sense of [Po01]) probability measure preserving action of a group

G a m m a

with positive first

e l l^{2}

--Betti number, has a unique group measure space Cartan subalgebra, up to unitary conjugacy. We deduce that many

C a l H C a l T

factors, including the II

_{1}

factors associated with the actions

G a m m a c u r v e a r r o w r i g h t B b b T^{2}

and

G a m m a c u r v e a r r o w r i g h t

SL

_{2} (B b b R)

/SL

_{2} (B b b Z)

, where

G a m m a

is a non--amenable subgroup of SL

_{2} (B b b Z)

, have a unique group measure space Cartan subalgebra.

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