Jean-Loup Puget (born 7 March 1947) is a French astrophysicist. His current research interests lie in the Cosmic Microwave Background. Jean-Loup Puget and his collaborators reported the first identification of the Cosmic infrared background using COBE data.[1] He is also, along with Alain Léger, credited with the origin of the hypothesis that the series of infrared lines observed in numerous astrophysical objects are caused by emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.[2] He is currently principal investigator of the HFI module of the Planck space mission.

He served two terms as director of the Institut d'astrophysique spatiale from 1998 to 2005.

He has been a member of the Académie des sciences (France) since 2002 and was awarded the Prix Jean Ricard in 1989. He received the COSPAR Space Science Award in 2014.

Jean-Loup Puget, Nazzareno Mandolesi and ESA Planck team were awarded 2018 Gruber Prize in Cosmology for their definitive measurements of the properties of our expanding universe.[3] In 2018 he received the Shaw Prize in Astronomy.[4]

Bibliography

  • Aspect, Alain; Balibar, Sébastien; Balian, Roger; Bastard, Gérald; Bouchaud, Jean-Philippe; Brézin, Édouard; Cabane, Bernard; Combes, Françoise; Encrenaz, Thérèse; Fauve, Stephan; Fert, Albert; Fink, Mathias; Georges, Antoine; Joanny, Jean-François; Kaplan, Daniel; Le Bihan, Daniel; Léna, Pierre; Le Treut, Hervé; Poirier, Jean-Paul; Prost, Jacques; Puget, Jean-Loup (2009) [1st. Pub. 2004]. Demain, la physique. Odile Jacob. ISBN 9782738123053.

References

  1. ↑ J.-L. Puget; A. Abergel; J.-P. Bernard; F. Boulanger; W. B. Burton; F.-X. Désert; D. Hartmann (1996). "Tentative detection of a cosmic far-infrared background with COBE". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 308: L5–L8. Bibcode:1996A&A...308L...5P.
  2. ↑ A. Léger; J.-L. Puget (1984). "Identification of the "unidentified" IR emission features of interstellar dust?". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 137: L5–L8. Bibcode:1984A&A...137L...5L.
  3. ↑ "2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2018" (Press release). The Shaw Prize Foundation. 2018-05-14. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
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