KMS spectra for group actions on compact spaces

DOI10.1007/S00220-021-04282-WzbMATH Open1494.46065arXiv2104.13890OpenAlexW4210471008MaRDI QIDQ2113509FDOQ2113509

Authors: Johannes Christensen, Stefaan Vaes 

Publication date: 14 March 2022

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a topologically free action of a countable group $G$ on a compact metric space $X$, there is a canonical correspondence between continuous 1-cocycles for this group action and diagonal 1-parameter groups of automorphisms of the reduced crossed product C*-algebra. The KMS spectrum is defined as the set of inverse temperatures for which there exists a KMS state. We prove that the possible KMS spectra depend heavily on the nature of the acting group $G$. For groups of subexponential growth, we prove that the only possible KMS spectra are $0$, $[0,+infty)$, $(-infty,0]$ and $mathbbR$. For certain wreath product groups, which are amenable and of exponential growth, we prove that any closed subset of $mathbbR$ containing zero arises as KMS spectrum. Finally, for certain nonamenable groups including the free group with infinitely many generators, we prove that any closed subset may arise. Besides uncovering a surprising relation between geometric group theoretic properties and KMS spectra, our results provide two simple C*-algebras with the following universality property: any closed subset (containing, resp. not containing zero) arises as the KMS spectrum of a 1-parameter group of automorphisms of this C*-algebra.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.13890

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zbMATH Keywords

topologically free action of a countable group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Automorphisms of selfadjoint operator algebras (46L40) Geometric group theory (20F65) States of selfadjoint operator algebras (46L30) Noncommutative dynamical systems (46L55)

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