Derived Symplectic Reduction in Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this article we prove a derived version of the Marsden-Weinstein-Meyer symplectic reduction theorem. We model the symplectic quotient as a dg-groupoid. We then construct the reduced symplectic form inside the Bott-Shulman complex of the groupoid. Finally, we show that the reduced form satisfies a derived analogue of the non-degeneracy condition.

Added connection with BRST reduction, corrected some minor sign errors, imprecise statements and other typos