@article{AntoniniAzzaliSkandalis2016,
  author    = {Antonini, Paolo and Azzali, Sara and Skandalis, Georges},
  title     = {Bivariant K-theory with R/Z-coefficients and rho classes of unitary representations},
  series = {Journal of functional analysis},
  volume    = {270},
  journal   = {Journal of functional analysis},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {San Diego},
  issn      = {0022-1236},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jfa.2015.06.017},
  pages     = {447 -- 481},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {We construct equivariant KK-theory with coefficients in and R/Z as suitable inductive limits over II1-factors. We show that the Kasparov product, together with its usual functorial properties, extends to KK-theory with real coefficients. Let Gamma be a group. We define a Gamma-algebra A to be K-theoretically free and proper (KFP) if the group trace tr of Gamma acts as the unit element in KKR Gamma (A, A). We show that free and proper Gamma-algebras (in the sense of Kasparov) have the (KFP) property. Moreover, if Gamma is torsion free and satisfies the KK Gamma-form of the Baum-Connes conjecture, then every Gamma-algebra satisfies (KFP). If alpha : Gamma -> U-n is a unitary representation and A satisfies property (KFP), we construct in a canonical way a rho class rho(A)(alpha) is an element of KKR/Z1,Gamma (A A) This construction generalizes the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer K-theory class with R/Z-coefficients associated to alpha. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}