The difference $\frac12\dim(X)-\dim(T)$ is known as the ***complexity*** of the $T$-space (assumed effective), so that's the keyword you want to use. Such results as I've heard of are mainly for complexity one, by Yael Karshon and Sue Tolman: - [Centered complexity one Hamiltonian torus actions][1] (2001); - [Complete invariants for Hamiltonian torus actions with two dimensional quotients][2] (2003); - [Classification of Hamiltonian torus actions with two dimensional quotients][3] (2011). The third paper also quotes some results on $S^1$-spaces of dimension 6, i.e. complexity 2. [1]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=1852084 [2]: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=2128388 [3]: http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6873