Simplicity of twisted \(C^\ast\)-algebras of higher-rank graphs and crossed products by quasifree actions (Q740101)

Summary: We characterise simplicity of twisted \(C^\ast\)-algebras of row-finite \(k\)-graphs with no sources. We show that each 2-cocycle on a cofinal \(k\)-graph determines a canonical second-cohomology class for the periodicity group of the graph. The groupoid of the \(k\)-graph then acts on the Cartesian product of the infinite-path space of the graph with the dual group of the centre of any bicharacter representing this second-cohomology class. The twisted \(k\)-graph algebra is simple if and only if this action is minimal. We apply this result to characterise simplicity for many twisted crossed products of \(k\)-graph algebras by quasifree actions of free abelian groups.