The Universal C^*-Algebra of the Quantum Matrix Ball and its Irreducible *-Representations

We prove that any irreducible $*$-representation of $\mathrm{Pol}(\mathrm{Mat}_n)_q$ can be 'lifted' to an irreducible *-representation of $\mathbb{C}[SU_{2n}]_q$, this result is then used to show the existence of the universal enveloping $C^*$- algebra of $\mathrm{Pol}(\mathrm{Mat}_n)_q$ and to prove that it is isomorphic to the closure of the image of the Fock representation. Moreover, we also classify all irreducible $*$-representations of $\mathrm{Pol}(\mathrm{Mat}_n)_q$ using a diagram approach.