Crossed products for actions of crossed modules on \(C^\ast\)-algebras (Q1676084)

Summary: We decompose the crossed product functor for actions of crossed modules of locally compact groups on \(C^\ast\)-algebras into more elementary constructions: taking crossed products by group actions and fibres in \(C^\ast\)-algebras over topological spaces. For this, we extend Takesaki-Takai duality to abelian crossed modules; describe the crossed product for an extension of crossed modules; show that equivalent crossed modules have equivalent categories of actions on \(C^\ast\)-algebras; and show that certain crossed modules are automatically equivalent to abelian crossed modules.