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We introduce a family of spaces, parametrized by positive real numbers, that includes all of the Hirzebruch surfaces. Each space is viewed from two distinct perspectives. First, as a leaf space of a compact, complex, foliated manifold, following [BZ1]. Second, as a symplectic cut of the manifold $\mathbb{C}\times S^2$ in a possibly nonrational direction, following [BP2]., Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures, final version, to appear in Boll. Unione Mat. Ital

We consider a family E_m(D,M) of holomorphic bundles constructed as follows: to any given M in GL_n(Z), we associate a "multiplicative automorphism" f of (C*)^n. Now let D be a f-invariant Stein Reinhardt domain in (C*)^n. Then E_m(D,M) is defined as the flat bundle over the annulus of modulus m>0, with fiber D, and monodromy f. We show that the function theory on E_m(D,M) depends nontrivially on the parameters m, M and D. Our main result is that E_m(D,M) is Stein if and only if m log(r(M))

Let E denote a bundle with fiber D and with basis B. Both D and B are assumed to be Stein. For D a Reinhardt bounded domain of dimension d=2 or 3, we give a necessary and sufficient condition on D for the existence of a non-Stein such E (Theorem 1); for d=2, we give necessary and sufficient criteria for E to be Stein (Theorem 2). For D a Reinhardt bounded domain of any dimension not intersecting any coordinate hyperplane, we give a sufficient criterion for E to be Stein (Theorem 3)., To appear in Bull. Soc. Math. France