Tracial weights on topological graph algebras

Abstract

We describe two kinds of regular invariant measures on the boundary path space of a second countable topological graph, which allows us to describe all extremal tracial weights on the graph C$^{*}$-algebra which are not gauge-invariant. Using this description we prove that all tracial weights on the C$^{*}$-algebra of a second countable topological graph are gauge-invariant when the graph is free. This in particular implies that all tracial weights are gauge-invariant when the graph C$^{*}$-algebra is simple and separable.