Continuous tensor products and Arveson’s spectral 𝐶*-algebras (Q4950520)

This memoir which makes up the author's thesis extends work of Arveson's on the classification of \(E_0\)-semigroups up to cocycle conjugacy. To such a semigroup \textit{W. Arveson} has associated a product system E and a \(C^\ast\)-algebra \(C^\ast(E)\) [cf. ``Continuous analogues of Fock space'' Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 409 (1989; Zbl 0697.46035) and \textit{J. Funct. Anal.} 90, No. 1, 138-205 (1990; Zbl 0715.46039), respectively]. The author observes that these product systems can be treated in the more general setting of continuous tensor products, to which he associates a non simple \(C^\ast\)-algebra \({\mathcal A}(T)\). Analyzing this algebra, in a special case of a homogeneous tensor decomposition he obtains a rather complete picture of its structure, e.g., determines the corresponding \(KK\)-groups. Moreover, he constructs a crossed product representation of such a special algebra \({\mathcal A}_n\) leading to a Morita equivalence of \({\mathbb R}\times {\mathcal A}_n\) with \(C^\ast (E-n)\), the spectral algebra of an exponential product system \(E_n\) (in fact the only product systems explicitly known, so far). Finally, he shows that \(C^\ast(E_n)\) is a separable simple nuclear infinite and \(KK\)-contractable \(C^\ast\)-algebra.