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C^*-algebras from k group representations

We introduce certain $C^*$-algebras and $k$-graphs associated to $k$ finite dimensional unitary representations $ρ_1,...,ρ_k$ of a compact group $G$. We define a higher rank Doplicher-Roberts algebra $\mathcal{O}_{ρ_1,...,ρ_k}$, constructed from intertwiners of tensor powers of these representations. Under certain conditions, we show that this $C^*$-algebra is isomorphic to a corner in the $C^*$-algebra of a row finite rank $k$ graph $Λ$ with no sources. For $G$ finite and $ρ_i$ faithful of dimension at least $2$, this graph is irreducible, it has vertices $\hat{G}$ and the edges are determined by $k$ commuting matrices obtained from the character table of the group. We illustrate with some examples when $\mathcal{O}_{ρ_1,...,ρ_k}$ is simple and purely infinite, and with some $K$-theory computations.