Let $G$ be a non-finite profinite group and let $G-Sets_{df}$ be the canonical site of finite discrete $G$-sets. Then the category $R^+_G$, defined by Devinatz and Hopkins, is the category obtained by considering $G-Sets_{df}$ together with the profinite $G$-space $G$ itself, with morphisms being continuous $G$-equivariant maps. We show that $R^+_G$ is a site when equipped with the pretopology of epimorphic covers. We point out that presheaves of spectra on $R^+_G$ are an efficient way of organizing the data that is obtained by taking the homotopy fixed points of a continuous $G$-spectrum with respect to the open subgroups of $G$. Additionally, utilizing the result that $R^+_G$ is a site, we describe various model category structures on the category of presheaves of spectra on $R^+_G$ and make some observations about them.
Keywords: site, profinite group, finite discrete $G$-sets, presheaves of spectra, Lubin-Tate spectrum, continuous $G$-spectrum
2000 MSC: 55P42, 55U35, 18B25
Theory and Applications of Categories,
Vol. 22, 2009,
No. 16, pp 388-400.
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