The factorizable Feigin-Frenkel center

Abstract We prove a factorizable version of the Feigin-Frenkel theorem on the center of the completed enveloping algebra of the affine Kac-Moody algebra attached to a simple Lie algebra at the critical level. On any smooth curve C , we consider a sheaf of complete topological Lie algebras whose fiber at any point is the usual affine algebra at the critical level and consider its sheaf of completed enveloping algebras. We show that the center of this sheaf is a factorization algebra and establish that it is canonically isomorphic, in a factorizable manner, with the factorization algebra of functions on opers for the Langlands dual Lie algebra on the pointed disk.