Obstructions to Gauging WZ Terms: a Symplectic Curiosity

Abstract

This is an expository talk about the relation between gauging the WZ term of a one-dimensional sigma-model with a symplectic target and the existence of an equivariant moment mapping for symplectic group actions. The punch line is that the obstructions for gauging coincide with the obstructions for the existence of the moment mapping. This paper can be thought of a "prequel" of hep-th/9407149.

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