Bands in L_p-spaces

For a general measure space $(\Omega,\mu)$, it is shown that for every band $M$ in $L_p(\mu)$ there exists a decomposition $\mu=\mu'+\mu^{\prime\prime}$ such that $M=L_p(\mu')=\{f\in L_p(\mu);f=0\ \mu^{\prime\prime}\text{-a.e.}\}$. The theory is illustrated by an example, with an application to absorption semigroups.