Some prime factorization results for type II_1 factors

We prove several unique prime factorization results for tensor products of type II_1 factors coming from groups that can be realized either as subgroups of hyperbolic groups or as discrete subgroups of connected Lie groups of real rank 1. In particular, we show that if $R \otimes LF_{r_1} \otimes … \otimes LF_{r_m}$isisomorphictoasubfactorin$R \otimes LF_{s_1} \otimes >… \otimes LF_{s_n}$,forsome$2\leq r_i, s_j \leq \infty$,then$m\le n$.