Total acyclicity of complexes over group algebras

In this paper, we study group algebras over which modules have a controlled behaviour with respect to the notions of Gorenstein homological algebra, namely: (a) Gorenstein projective modules are Gorenstein flat, (b) any module whose dual is Gorenstein injective is necessarily Gorentein flat, © the Gorenstein projective cotorsion pair is complete and (d) any acyclic complex of projective, injective or flat modules is totally acyclic (in the respective sense). We consider a certain class of groups satisfying all of these properties and show that it is closed under the operation LH defined by Kropholler and the operation Φ defined by the second author. We thus generalize all previously known results regarding these properties over group algebras and place these results in an appropriate framework.