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David Hough (huff)
Professor & Chair of Physics and Astronomy
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| Degrees: | B.A., Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 1980 M.S., Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1984 Ph.D., Astronomy & Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1986 |
| Post-Doctoral Work: | 1986-1989, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 1989, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany |
| Faculty Positions: | 1989-1995, Assistant Professor of Physics, Trinity University 1995-2001, Associate Professor of Physics, Trinity University 2001-present, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Trinity University |
| Courses: | First-year Introductory Physics (Lecture and Lab, including Special Topics Lab in Second Semester), Electromagnetic Fields, Advanced Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics, Stellar & Extragalactic Astronomy, Observational Astronomy Lab (with NSF/ILI funding) |
| Research: | My research is focused on quasars and active galaxies, primarily using arrays of radio telescopes to image the central cores of these objects at high resolution; visit http://www.nrao.edu for information on the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and Very Large Array (VLA) instruments that we use in our research. Energy is transported from the vicinity of supermassive black holes in these objects via jets that feed immense lobes up to a million light-years distant. Numerous Trinity students have participated in this work, which has been funded by NASA, NSF, Research Corporation, AAS, CUR, and Pew. Results are
published in The Astrophysical Journal and The Astronomical Journal. |
| Recent Publications: | Hough, D. H. 2008, in Extragalactic Jets: Theory and Observation from Radio
to Gamma Ray (eds. T.A. Rector & D.S. DeYoung; San Francisco, ASP), in press:
"Parsec-scale Jets in Lobe-dominated Quasars" Click here for pdf file
Aars, C. E., Hough, D. H., Yu, L. H., Linick, J. P., Beyer, P. J.,
Vermeulen, R. C., & Readhead, A. C. S. 2005, Astronomical Journal, Vol. 130, p. 23: "Optical Spectrophotometry of a Complete Sample of 3CR Lobe-dominated Quasars" |
| Service: |
Committee for Mapping the Future of VLBI Science in the U.S. NRAO Users Committee NSF Review Panels Chair, Texas Section of American Physical Society Judge for National Young Astronomer Award Astronomy Merit Badge Counselor Trinity Faculty Senate Physics & Astronomy Department Chair SPS Advisor |