Type semigroups for twisted groupoids and a dichotomy for groupoid C*-algebras

Abstract

We develop a theory of type semigroups for arbitrary twisted, not necessarily Hausdorff \'etale groupoids. The type semigroup is a dynamical version of the Cuntz semigroup. We relate it to traces, ideals, pure infiniteness, and stable finiteness of the reduced and essential C*-algebras. If the reduced C*-algebra of a twisted groupoid is simple and the type semigroup satisfies a weak version of almost unperforation, then the C*-algebra is either stably finite or purely infinite. We apply our theory to Cartan inclusions. We calculate the type semigroup for the possibly non-Hausdorff groupoids associated to self-similar group actions on graphs and deduce a dichotomy for the resulting Exel-Pardo algebras.