Exel-Pardo algebras of self-similar $k$-graphs

We introduce the Exel-Pardo $*$-algebra $\mathrm{EP}_R(G,\Lambda)$ associated to a self-similar $k$-graph $(G,\Lambda,\varphi)$. We prove the $\mathbb{Z}^k$-graded and Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorems for such algebras and investigate their ideal structure. In particular, we modify the graded uniqueness theorem for self-similar 1-graphs, and then apply it to present $\mathrm{EP}_R(G,\Lambda)$ as a Steinberg algebra and to study the ideal structure.