Let (X,,μ,τ) be an ergodic dynamical system and φ be a measurable map from X to a locally compact second countable group G with left Haar measure $m_G$. We consider the map ${\tau }_{\phi }$ defined on X × G by ${\tau }_{\phi }:(x,g)\mapsto (\tau x,\phi \left(x\right)g)$ and the cocycle ${\left(\phi ₙ\right)}_{n\in \mathbb{Z}}$ generated by φ. Using a characterization of the ergodic invariant measures for ${\tau }_{\phi }$, we give the form of the ergodic decomposition of $\mu \left(dx\right)\otimes m_G\left(dg\right)$ or more generally of the ${\tau }_{\phi }$-invariant measures ${\mu }_{\chi }\left(dx\right)\otimes \chi \left(g\right)m_G\left(dg\right)$, where ${\mu }_{\chi }\left(dx\right)$ is χ∘φ-conformal for an exponential χ on G.

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