Integral models of Shimura varieties with parahoric level structure

Abstract: For an odd prime p, we construct integral models over p for Shimura varieties with parahoric level structure, attached to Shimura data (G,X) of abelian type, such that G splits over a tamely ramified extension of Q_p. The local structure of these integral models is related to certain "local models", which are defined group theoretically. Under some additional assumptions, we show that these integral models satisfy a conjecture of Kottwitz which gives an explicit description for the trace of Frobenius action on their sheaf of nearby cycles.