John P. (Jack) Hughes
Contact Information:
Office: 307
Serin Physics Lab
Mailing Address:
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Rutgers University
136 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019
Phone: (848) 445-8878
FAX: (732) 445-4343
email: jph" at" physics.rutgers.edu
Links:
- Rutgers
Canvas and
sakai websites
- Current course: Teaching relief
- Previous courses:
Current and Recent Projects:
- Cosmology, cluster and mm-band source science
- Simons Observatory (public
site; wiki)
- Advisor, Simons Observatory SZ Analysis Working Group (2018-21)
- Member, Simons Obs Speakers Bureau, Publication & Membership Committees
(2017-19)
- Member and PI, Rutgers’ Collaborating Institution Membership
for Simons Observatory
- Led Rutgers’ effort to join Simons Observatory (2017)
- The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts; Ade et al. 2019 (paper)
- The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT)
(public site;
ACT wiki;
ACTPol wiki;
AdvACTPol wiki)
- Probing the Polarization of the mm-sky on arcminute angular scales at five frequences (over 28 GHz to 230 GHz) from the Atacama desert
- Guiding Board member (since 2005)
- Cluster and Source telecon lead (since 2011)
- Co-Investigator, Advanced ACTPol, NSF funded (since 2015)
- Co-Investigator, ACTPol, NSF funded (2010 - 2015)
- Member, ACT collaboration, NSF funded (2003 - 2010)
- ACT papers (ADS Public Library)
- Relevant telescope and instrument papers
- Summary of DR4 and DR5 Data Products and Data Access; Mallaby-Kay et al. 2021 (paper)
- Advanced ACTPol Cryogenic Detector Arrays; Henderson et al. 2016 (paper)
- Polarization-Sensitive ACTPol Instrument; Thorton et al. 2016 (paper)
- ACTPol receiver; Niemack et al. 2010 (paper, poster)
- ACT: Overview of Receiver, Instrumentation, and Telescope; Swetz et al. 2011 (paper).
- ACT: Design of MBAC; Fowler et al. 2007
(paper)
- ACT Project; Fowler 2004 (paper)
- Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
- Rutgers Director, SALT Board (log-in) (since 2012)
- Chair, Finance and Audit Subcommittee, SALT Board (since 2020)
- Member, Board Executive Subcommittee, SALT Board (since 2020)
- Chair, Rutgers SALT TAC (2011-2022)
- Mission Support
- NASA-endorsed member (since 2015), Athena Study Science Team (ASST) Working
Groups (ESA site)
- NASA/ISAS/JAXA-selected member (2009-2017), Hitomi (formerly ASTRO-H) International Science Working Group
(NASA/GSFC site)
- NASA-selected member (2013), X-ray Astrophysics Probe Science and Technology Development Team
(PCOS site)
- Member (2008-2011), International X-Ray Observatory science definition team
(NASA site)
- NASA/ISAS-selected member and co-chair of galactic diffuse emission science panel (2000-2008), Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-E2) international science working group
(NASA/GSFC site)
- Member and SNR panel chair (1997-2008), Constellation-X Facility science team
(wikipedia)
- NASA/ISAS-selected member and co-chair of galactic diffuse emission science panel (1995-2000), ASTRO-E international science working group
(NASA/GSFC site)
- Clusters of galaxies
- Supernova remnants
Please send any comments on this page to Jack Hughes,
jph "at" physics.rutgers.edu.
Revised October 2023