Spectral triples on $O_N$

Abstract

We give a construction of an odd spectral triple on the Cuntz algebra $O_{N}$, whose $K$-homology class generates the odd $K$-homology group $K^1(O_{N})$. Using a metric measure space structure on the Cuntz-Renault groupoid, we introduce a singular integral operator which is the formal analogue of the logarithm of the Laplacian on a Riemannian manifold. Assembling this operator with the infinitesimal generator of the gauge action on $O_{N}$ yields a $\theta$-summable spectral triple whose phase is finitely summable. The relation to previous constructions of Fredholm modules and spectral triples on $O_{N}$ is discussed.