KMS states on finite-graph C^-algebras

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Abstract: We study KMS states on finite-graph C*-algebras with sinks and sources. We compare finite-graph C*-algebras with C*-algebras associated with complex dynamical systems of rational functions. We show that if the inverse temperature is large, then the set of extreme -KMS states is parametrized by the set of sinks of the graph. This means that the sinks of a graph correspond to the branched points of a rational funcition from the point of KMS states. Since we consider graphs with sinks and sources, left actions of the associated bimodules are not injective. Then the associated graph C*-algebras are realized as (relative) Cuntz-Pimsner algebras studied by Katsura. We need to generalize Laca-Neshevyev's theorem of the construction of KMS states on Cuntz-Pimsner algebras to the case that left actions of bimodules are not injective.


The important contribution of this paper is that it shows how sources and sinks in a finite graph can give rise to KMS states on graph algebras endowed with the gauge-action. The authors show that for large inverse temperature \(\beta\), the set of extreme KMS\(_\beta\) states is parametrized by the set of sinks of the graph. If one compares \(C^*\)-algebras associated to finite graphs with \(C^*\)-algebras associated with complex dynamical systems of rational functions, then this description of the extremal KMS states indicates that sinks correspond to branch points of a rational function from the points of KMS states. The main technical tool is a generalization of a result of \textit{M. Laca} and \textit{S. Neshveyev} [J. Funct. Anal. 211, No. 2, 457--482 (2004; Zbl 1060.46049)]. More precisely, the authors extend the general Laca-Neshveyev theorem about the construction of KMS states on Pimsner algebras to the case of relative Cuntz-Pimsner algebras associated to \(C^*\)-correspondences with countable bases and a left action that is not necessarily injective.




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