Brennan John Hughey
- Title
- Department Chair and Professor of Physics
- Brennan.Hughey@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Physics and Astronomy Department
- College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Office Hours
M 1-4 T 1:25-2:40 W 10:30-12 and 1-4 Th 10:35-11:50 and 1:25-2:40
Biography
Dr. Brennan Hughey is a professor of physics and chair of the Prescott campus Department of Physics and Astronomy. Dr. Hughey holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. His doctoral thesis was done with the IceCube neutrino detector experiment, and his graduate work included a trip to the South Pole, where the detector is located. After earning his Ph.D. he joined the LIGO collaboration in the search for gravitational waves. He has held several positions in LIGO, including chairing the collaboration’s detector characterization group. In collaboration with faculty at Cal State Fullerton, he contributed on of the figures to the famous Nobel-prize-winning paper detailing the first direct detection of gravitational waves.
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Physics: Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Physics: Mathematics, Hope College
Currently Teaching
- PS 215: Physics I
- PS 161: Physics I & II for Engineers
Research Projects
Publications
- Gravito-optics and intensity correlations for binary inspiral signal detections Publications (2023)
- GW170817: Implications for the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from Compact Binary Coalescences Publications (2018)
- All-Sky Search for Long-Duration Gravitational Wave Transients in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run Publications (2018)
- Effects of Data Quality Vetoes on a Search for Compact Binary Coalescences in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run Publications (2018)
- First Search for Nontensorial Gravitational Waves From Known Pulsars Publications (2018)
- First Narrow-Band Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves From Known Pulsars in Advanced Detector Data Publications (2017)
- GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence Publications (2017)
- First Low-Frequency Einstein@Home All-Sky Search for Continuous Gravitational Waves in Advanced LIGO Data Publications (2017)
- Search for Post-Merger Gravitational Waves From the Remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 Publications (2017)
- Estimating the Contribution of Dynamical Ejecta in the Kilonova Associated With GW170817 Publications (2017)
- Search for High-Energy Neutrinos From Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 With ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory Publications (2017)
- On the Progenitor of Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 Publications (2017)
- A Gravitational-Wave Standard Siren Measurement of the Hubble Constant Publications (2017)
- Multi-Messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger Publications (2017)
- Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A Publications (2017)
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral Publications (2017)
- GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence Publications (2017)
- Upper Limits on Gravitational Waves from Scorpius X-1 from a Model-Based Cross-Correlation Search in Advanced LIGO Data Publications (2017)
- Full Band All-Sky Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the O1 LIGO Data Publications (2017)
- GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 Publications (2017)
- Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Gamma-Ray Bursts During the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run and Implications for the Origin of GRB 150906B Publications (2017)
- The Basic Physics of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914 Publications (2017)
- The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred From Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914 Publications (2016)
- Supplement: The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred From Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914 Publications (2016)
- Results of the Deepest All-Sky Survey for Continuous Gravitational Waves on LIGO S6 Data Running on the Einstein@Home Volunteer Distributed Computing Project Publications (2016)
- Improved Analysis of GW150914 Using a Fully Spin-Precessing Waveform Model Publications (2016)
- Directly Comparing GW150914 With Numerical Solutions of Einstein's Equations for Binary Black Hole Coalescence Publications (2016)
- GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence Publications (2016)
- Search for Transient Gravitational Waves in Coincidence With Short-Duration Radio Transients During 2007-2013 Publications (2016)
- Observing Gravitational-Wave Transient GW150914 with Minimal Assumptions Publications (2016)
- Characterization of Transient Noise in Advanced LIGO Relevant to Gravitational Wave Signal GW150914 Publications (2016)
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger Publications (2016)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2010-2012)Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007-2010)