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Selected writings

Precursor to twistor string theory:

• Velayudhan Parameswaran Nair, A current algebra for some gauge theory amplitudes, Physics Letters B 214 2 (1988) 215-218 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(88)91471-2, spire:24212]

On abelian Chern-Simons theory:

• Michiel Bos, V. Parameswaran Nair: $U(1)$ Chern-Simons theory and $c=1$ conformal blocks, Physics Letters B 223 1 (1989) 61-66 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(89)90920-9]

On D=3 Yang-Mills theory including claim of (non-constructive) derivation of the Yang-Mills mass gap in 3D:

• Dimitra Karabali, V. Parameswaran Nair: On the origin of the mass gap for non-Abelian gauge theories in (2+1) dimensions, Phys.Lett. B 379 (1996) 141-147 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(96)00422-4, arXiv:hep-th/9602155]

• Dimitra Karabali, Chanju Kim, V. Parameswaran Nair: Planar Yang-Mills theory: Hamiltonian, regulators and mass gap, Nucl. Phys. B 524 (1998) 661-694 [doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00309-5, arXiv:hep-th/9705087]

• Dimitra Karabali, Chanju Kim, V. Parameswaran Nair: On the vacuum wavefunction and string tension of Yang-Mills theories in (2+1) dimensions, Phys. Lett. B 434 (1998) 103-109 [doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00751-5,arXiv:hep-th/9804132]

On 3D Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory:

• Dimitra Karabali, Chanju Kim, V. P. Nair: Gauge invariant variables and the Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory, Nucl. Phys. B 566 (2000) 331-347 [arXiv:hep-th/9907078, doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00701-4]

Review:

• V. Parameswaran Nair: Yang-Mills theory in (2+1) dimensions: a short review, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 108 (2002) 194-200 [doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(02)01328-2, arXiv:hep-th/0204063]

On edge modes in higher dimensional integer quantum Hall systems and relating to volume-preserving diffeomorphisms regularized by $\mathfrak{u}(\infty)$:

• Dimitra Karabali, V. Parameswaran Nair: The effective action for edge states in higher dimensional quantum Hall systems, Nucl. Phys. B 679 (2004) 427-446 [doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.11.020, arXiv:hep-th/0307281]

On superselection sectors and asymptotic symmetries of gauge theories:

• A. P. Balachandran, V. P. Nair, A. Pinzul, A. F. Reyes-Lega, S. Vaidya: Superselection, boundary algebras, and duality in gauge theories, Phys. Rev. D 106 (2022) 025001 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.106.025001, arXiv:2112.08631]

On higher dimensional abelian Chern-Simons theory for fractional quantum Hall systems:

• Abhishek Agarwal, Dimitra Karabali, V. Parameswaran Nair: Fractional quantum Hall effect in higher dimensions, Phys. Rev. D 111 (2025) 025002 [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.111.025002, arXiv:2410.14036]

On A. P. Balachandran:

• V. P. Nair: A.P. Balachandran: Living in Physics [arXiv:2509.06139]

On the quantum Hall effect for time-dependent magnetic fields:

• T. R. Govindarajan, V. Parameswaran Nair: Time-dependent Magnetic Fields and the Quantum Hall Effect [arXiv:2602.21323]

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