Localization of $\frak{u}$-modules. IV. Localization on $\Bbb{P}^1$

Abstract

This article is a sequel to hep-th/9411050, q-alg/9412017, q-alg/9503013. Given a collection of $m$ finite factorizable sheaves $\{\CX_k\}$, we construct here some perverse sheaves over configuration spaces of points on a projective line $\BP^1$ with $m$ additional marked points. We announce here (with sketch proof) the computation of the cohomology spaces of these sheaves. They turn out to coincide with certain "semiinfinite" $\Tor$ spaces of the corresponding $\fu$-modules. As a corollary, we get a description of local systems of conformal blocks in WZW models in genus $0$ (cf. ~\cite{ms}) as natural subquotients of some semisimple local systems of geometric origin. In particular, these local systems are semisimple themselves.