• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.61-80
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• 2013

In this paper, we study ${\alpha}$-completely positive maps between locally $C^*$-algebras. As a generalization of a completely positive map, an ${\alpha}$-completely positive map produces a Krein space with indefinite metric, which is useful for the study of massless or gauge fields. We construct a KSGNS type representation associated to an ${\alpha}$-completely positive map of a locally $C^*$-algebra on a Krein locally $C^*$-module. Using this construction, we establish the Radon-Nikod$\acute{y}$m type theorem for ${\alpha}$-completely positive maps on locally $C^*$-algebras. As an application, we study an extremal problem in the partially ordered cone of ${\alpha}$-completely positive maps on a locally $C^*$-algebra.