Rational Cuntz states peak on the free disk algebra

Abstract

We apply realization theory of non-commutative rational multipliers of the Fock space, or free Hardy space of square--summable power series in several non-commuting variables to the convex analysis of states on the Cuntz algebra. We show, in particular, that a large class of Cuntz states which arise as the `non-commutative Clark measures' of isometric NC rational multipliers are peak states for Popescu's free disk algebra in the sense of Clou\^atre and Thompson.