Noncommutative joinings. II (Q2245018)

Summary: This paper is a continuation of the authors' previous work on noncommutative joinings, and contains a study of relative independence of \(W^{\ast}\)-dynamical systems. We prove that, given any separable locally compact group \(G\), an ergodic \(W^{\ast}\)-dynamical \(G\)-system \(\mathfrak{M}\) with compact subsystem \(\mathfrak{N}\) is disjoint relative to \(\mathfrak{N}\) from its maximal compact subsystem \(\mathfrak{M}_K\) if and only if \(\mathfrak{N}\cong\mathfrak{M}_K\). This generalizes recent work of \textit{R. Duvenhage} [Stud. Math. 209, No. 1, 21--41 (2012; Zbl 1262.46045)], which established the result for \(G\) abelian. For Part I, see [the authors, Int. Math. Res. Not. 2018, No. 15, 4734--4779 (2018; Zbl 1415.46046)].