The \(C^*\)-algebra of a vector bundle and fields of Cuntz algebras (Q556249)

Let \(X\) be a locally compact Hausdorff space and the module of continuous sections of a Hilbert bundle \({\mathcal H}\to X\) studied by the author in a categorical framework [see J. Funct. Anal. 199, 122--152 (2003; Zbl 1030.46097)]. In the present paper, the CP-algebras (i.e., the Cuntz-Pimsner algebras \({\mathcal O}_{\mathcal H}\) introduced by \textit{M. V. Pimsner} [Fields Inst. Commun. 12, 189--212 (1997; Zbl 0871.46028)]) associated with that module are studied. The author proves that \({\mathcal O}_{\mathcal H}\) is a continuous bundle, having as fibre the Cuntz algebra \({\mathcal O}_d\). Furthermore, the graded \({\mathcal O}_d\)-bundles (i.e., locally trivial continuous bundles of Cuntz algebras with a global circle action) are considered and to them an invariant belonging to the representable Kasparov group of the zero grade \(C^*\)-algebra is assigned. Such an invariant, a class in the representable \(KK\)-group of the zero-grade bundle, is explicitly computed for the Cuntz-Pimsner algebra of a vector bundle.