Prof John Gough
BSc, MSc, PhD (NUI, Dublin)

Personal Chair
Head of Department (Physics)
Contact Details
- Email: jug@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-1374-328X
- Office: 4.16, Physical Sciences Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622755
- Personal Website: http://users.aber.ac.uk/jug
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
John Gough is Professor of Theoretical & Mathematical Physics at Aberystwyth where he leads research in quantum open systems with special emphasis on quantum control.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- PHS0160 - Year In Industry
- PHS0260 - Year In Industry
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
Coordinator
- PHS0260 - Year In Industry
- PHS0160 - Year In Industry
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
Lecturer
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
- PH37540 - Project (40 Credits)
Tutor
Research
External Funding
- London Mathematical Society, Scheme 6 grant, 2005
- Principal investigator for EPSRC GR/R78404/01 "Analysis & Control of Quantum Systems - Measurement, Filtering & Decoherence"
Research Groups
- Materials Physics
- Materials Research Group
- Quantum Structures, Information and Control
Publications
Gough, J 2025, 'A Note on the Relativistic Transformation Properties of Quantum Stochastic Calculus', Entropy, vol. 27, no. 5, 529. 10.3390/e27050529
Ding, H, Amini, NH, Zhang, G & Gough, JE 2025, 'Quantum Coherent and Measurement Feedback Control Based on Atoms Coupled with a Semi-infinite Waveguide', SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. S231-S257. 10.1137/23m1590482
Gough, JE 2025, 'Quantum Time Travel Revisited: Noncommutative Möbius Transformations and Time Loops', Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 251-264. 10.1134/S1061920824601691
Gough, JE, Amini, NH & Ding, H 2025, 'Reproducing kernel Hilbert space approach to non-Markovian quantum stochastic models', Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 66, no. 4, 042102. 10.1063/5.0235413, 10.1063/5.0235413
Gough, JE 2022, 'Before thy throne i slip in gently, hoping nobody will notice: A memorial to Robin Hudson (1940-2021)', Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics, vol. 25, no. 4, 2240004. 10.1142/S0219025722400045
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