Random walks on groups and KMS states

DOI10.1007/S00605-021-01573-1MaRDI QIDQ2049535zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Johannes Christensen, Klaus Thomsen

Publication date 27 August 2021

Published in Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14433

zbMATH Keywords

KMS statesMartin boundaryrandom walks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

States of selfadjoint operator algebras (46L30) Automorphisms of selfadjoint operator algebras (46L40) Noncommutative probability and statistics (46L53) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

Abstract: A classical construction associates to a transient random walk on a discrete group $Gamma$ a compact $Gamma$-space $partia{l}_{M}Gamma$ known as the Martin boundary. The resulting crossed product $C^{\ast }$-algebra $C(partia{l}_{M}Gamma)time{s}_{r}Gamma$ comes equipped with a one-parameter group of automorphisms given by the Martin kernels that define the Martin boundary. In this paper we study the KMS states for this flow and obtain a complete description when the Poisson boundary of the random walk is trivial and when $Gamma$ is a torsion free non-elementary hyperbolic group. We also construct examples to show that the structure of the KMS states can be more complicated beyond these cases.

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