Distinguished Professor, City College of CUNY (since September 2011)

    Professor, City College of CUNY (1997-2011)

    Associate Professor, City College of CUNY (1993-1996)

    Associate Professor, Columbia University (1991-1993)

    Assistant Professor, Columbia University (1987-1991)

    Research Associate, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara (1985-1986)

    Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1983-1985)

    Ph.D., Syracuse University, New York, 1983

    M.Sc., University of Kerala, India, 1978

    B.Sc., University of Kerala, India, 1976

Physics 31100: Particle Physics

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
High Energy and Elementary Particle Physics

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Book: Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Perspective, Springer, 2005

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Nair V.P., Polychronakos A.P., Tekel J. Fuzzy spaces and new random matrix ensembles, Physical Review D, D 85, 045021 (2012) [7 pages] (2012).
CCNY Authors assigned: Nair V.P., Polychronakos A.P., Tekel J.


Nair V P A Hamiltonian Expansion Scheme for Yang-Mills (2+1): Review and Update, International Conference on New Trends in Field Theories, Varanasi, India (2011).
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Kabat D, Karabali D, Nair V P Edges and Diffractive Effects in Casimir Energies, Physical Review D, 81, 125013 (2010).
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Kabat D, Karabali D, Nair V P Casimir interaction between holes in a plate, Physical Review D, 82, 025014 (2010).
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Yelnikov A, Nair V P A Note on Schwinger Mechanism and a Nonabelian Instability in a Nonabelian Plasma, Physical Review D, 82, 125005 (2010).
CCNY Authors assigned: Yelnikov A, Nair V P

Nair V P The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): Systematics and Update, ECT* Workshop on Confining Flux Tubes and Strings, Trento, Italy (2010).
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Nair V P Reflections on Fuzzy Spaces, Landau Levels and Gravity, Workshop on Supersymmetry in Integrable Systems, Yerevan, Armenia (2010).
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Nair V P The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): An Expansion Scheme, String Tension, etc., International Conference on Quark Confinement and Hadron Spectrum IX, Madrid, Spain (2010).
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Nair V P Particles, Fields and the Enchantment of Physics, Invited Keynote Lecture, Sigma Pi Sigma, St. John's University, NY, St. John's University, NY (2010).
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D. Karabali, V.P. Nair, A. Yelnikov The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): An Expansion Scheme and Corrections to String Tension, Nuclear Physics B, 824, 387 (2010).
CCNY Authors assigned: V.P. Nair, A. Yelnikov


V.P. Nair Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): An Expansion Scheme and Corrections to String Tension, MCFP Workshop on Large N Gauge Theories, Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2010).
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Abhishek Agarwal, V.P. Nair The Hamiltonian Analysis for Yang-Mills Theory on R × S^2, Nuclear Physics B, 816,117 (2009).
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V.P. Nair, S. Randbar-Daemi, V. Rubakov Massive Spin-2 fields of Geometric Origin in Curved Spacetimes, Physical Review D, 80, 104031 (2009).
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V.P. Nair The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): An Update and Corrections to String Tension, Proceedings of Science, POS(QCD-TNT09) 030, http://pos.sissa.it//archive/conferences/087/030/QCD-TNT09_030.pdf (2009).
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V.P. Nair The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): Basics and Update, Workshop on New Frontiers in Large N Gauge Theories, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, WA (2009).
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V.P. Nair The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): Update and Corrections to String Tension, International conference on Quantum Theory and Symmetries 6, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2009).
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V.P. Nair Lectures on Geometric Quantization and Hamiltonian Analysis in Field Theory, 15th Saalburg Summer School on Foundations and New Methods in Theoretical Physics, 15th Saalburg Summer School, Wolfersdorf, Germany (2009).
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V.P. Nair The Hamiltonian Approach to Yang-Mills (2+1): Update and Corrections to String Tension, QCD-TNT International Workshop on QCD, European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics, Trento, Italy (2009).
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V.P. Nair (author), Satoshi Iso, Yasuhiro Abe (translators) Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Perspective, Springer, Springer, Japan (2009).
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A. Agarwal, V.P. Nair and D. Karabali Yang-Mills Theory in 2+1 Dimensions: Coupling of Matter Fields and String-breaking Effects, Nuclear Physics B, B790, 216 (2008).
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D. Karabali and V.P. Nair The Robustness of the vacuum wave function and other matters for Yang-Mills theory., Physical Review D, D77, 025014 (2008).
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V.P. Nair A Note on graviton amplitudes for new twistor string theories., Physical Review D, D78, 041501 (2008).
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V.P. Nair Yang-Mills Theory in 2+1 Dimensions: Basics and Update, Conference on Nonperturbative Gauge Theories and Gravity 2008, S.N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India (2008).
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V.P. Nair Twistor Strings: Old and New, Conference on Nonperturbative Gauge Theories and Gravity 2008, S.N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India (2008).
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V.P. Nair Considerations on Quantum Hall Effect, Noncommutative Geometry and Gravity, Workshop on Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India (2008).
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Agarwal A., Karabali D., Nair V. P. Yang-Mills Theory in 2+1 Dimensions: Coupling of Matter Fields and String-breaking Effects, arXiv:0705.0394., (2007).
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Nair, V. P. Noncommutative Mechanics, Landau Levels, Twistors and Yang-Mills Amplitudes: to be published in Supersymmetric Mechanics, Bellucci, S. (ed.), Supersymmetric Mechanics, (2006).
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Nair, V. P., and Randjbar-Daemi, S. Nonsingular 4d-flat Branes in Six-dimensional Supergravities, Journ. of High Energy Physics, 503:49:00 (2005).
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Abe, Yasuhiro, Nair, V. P., and Park, Mu-In Multigluon Amplitudes,N=4 Constraints and the WZW Model, Phys. Rev. D, 487:42:00 (2005).
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Nair, V. P. A Note on MHV Amplitudes for Gravitons, Phys. Rev. D, 1007:05:00 (2005).
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Nair, V. P. Twistors, Yang-Mills Amplitudes and Landau Levels, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 121:47:00 (2005).
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R. Jackiw, V.P. Nair, S.-Y. Pi, A.P. Polychronakos Perfect Fluid Theory and its Extensions, Journal of Physics, A37 (2004) R327-R432, doi:10.1088/0305-4470/37/42/R01 (2004).
CCNY Authors assigned: Nair V.P., Polychronakos A.P.


D. Karabali, V.P. Nair, A.P. Polychronakos Spectrum of Schroedinger field in a noncommutative magnetic monopole, Nuclear Physics, B627 (2002) 565-579, doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00062-7 (2002).
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V.P. Nair, A.P. Polychronakos On Level Quantization for the Noncommutative Chern-Simons Theory, Physical Review Letters, 87 (2001) 030403, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.030403 (2001).
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V.P. Nair, A.P. Polychronakos Quantum mechanics on the noncommutative plane and sphere, Physics Letters, B505:267-274,2001, doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00339-2 (2001).
CCNY Authors assigned: Nair V.P., Polychronakos A.P.