Nils Henning Turner

Research Scientist, The CHARA Array
CHARA/Georgia State University

Telephone: 626-796-5405
Fax: 626-796-6717
Email: nils{at}chara-array{dot}org
Postal Mail:

For those interested, here is my curriculum vitae.


Current Publications

von Braun, K., Boyajian, T. S., van Belle, G. T., Kane, S. R., Jones, J., Farrington, C., Schaefer, G., Vargas, N., Scott, N., ten Brummelaar, T. A., Kephart, M., Gies, D. R., Ciardi, D. R., Lopez-Morales, M., Mazingue, C., McAlister, H. A., Ridgway, S., Goldfinger, P. J., Turner, N. H., and Sturmann, L. (2014) Stellar diameters and temperatures - V. 11 newly characterized exoplanet host stars(arXiv),
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Early Online, January 2014

Perraut, K., Borgniet, S., Cunha, M., Bigot, L., Brandao, I., Mourard, D., Nardetto, N., Chesneau, O., McAlister, H., ten Brummelaar, T. A., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Turner, N., Farrington, C., and Goldfinger, P. J. (2013) The fundamental parameters of the roAp star 10 Aquilae,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 559:A21

White, T. R., Huber, D., Maestro, V., Bedding, T. R., Ireland, M. J., Baron, F., Boyajian, T. S., Che, X., Monnier, J. D., Pope, B. J. S., Roettenbacher, R. M.,Stello, D., Tuthill, P. G., Farrington, C. D., Goldfinger, P. J., McAlister, H. A., Schaefer, G. H., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., ten Brummelaar, T. A., and Turner, N. H. (2013) Interferometric radii of bright Kepler stars with the CHARA Array: Theta Cygni and 16 Cygni A and B (arXiv),
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433:1262-1270

Baines, E. K., McAlister, H. A., ten Brummelaar, T. A., Turner, N. H., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Farrington, C. D., Vargas, N., van Belle, G. T., and Ridgway, S. T. (2013) Characterization of the Red Giant HR 2582 Using the CHARA Array,
Astrophysical Journal, 772:16-20

Boyajian, T. S., von Braun, K., van Belle, G., Farrington, C., Schaefer, G., Jones, J., White, R., McAlister, H. A., ten Brummelaar, T. A., Ridgway, S., Gies, D., Sturmann, L., Sturmann, J., Turner, N. H., Goldfinger, P. J., and Vargas, N. (2013) Stellar Diameters and Temperatures. III. Main-sequence A, F, G, and K Stars: Additional High-precision Measurements and Empirical Relations,
Astrophysical Journal, 771:40-70

Benisty, M., Perraut, K., Mourard, D., Stee, P., Lima, G. H. R. A., Le Bouquin, J. B., Borges Fernandes, M., Chesneau, O., Nardetto, N., Tallon-Bosc, I., McAlister, H., Ten Brummelaar, T., Ridgway, S., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Turner, N., Farrington, C., and Goldfinger, P. J. (2013) Enhanced H-Alpha activity at periastron in the young and massive spectroscopic binary HD 200775,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 555:A113

Absil, O.; Defrere, D.; Coude du Foresto, V., Di Folco, E., Merand, A., Augereau, J.-C., Ertel, S., Hanot, C., Kervella, P., Mollier, B., Scott, N., Che, X., Monnier, J. D., Thureau, N., Tuthill, P. G., ten Brummelaar, T. A., McAlister, H. A., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., and Turner, N. (2013) A near-infrared interferometric survey of debris-disc stars. III. First statistics based on 42 stars observed with CHARA/FLUOR,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 555:A104

Delaa, O., Zorec, J., Domiciano de Souza, A., Mourard, D., Perraut, K., Stee, Ph., Frimat, Y., Monnier, J., Kraus, S., Che, X., Birio, Ph., Bonneau, D., Clausse, J. M., Challouf, M., Ligi, R., Meilland, A., Nardetto, N., Spang, A., McAlister, H., ten Brummelaar, T., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Turner, N., Farrington, C., and Goldfinger, P. J. (2013) Spectrally resolved interferometric observations of Alpha Cephei and physical modeling of fast rotating stars,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 555:A100

Richardson, N. D., Schaefer, G. H., Gies, D. R., Chesneau, O., Monnier, J. D., Baron, F., Che, X., Parks, J. R., Matson, R. A., Touhami, Y., Clemens, D. P., Aldoretta, E. J., Morrison, N. D., ten Brummelaar, T. A., McAlister, H. A., Kraus, S., Ridgway, S. T., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Taylor, B., Turner, N. H., Farrington, C. D., and Goldfinger, P. J. (2013) The H-band Emitting Region of the Luminous Blue Variable P Cygni: Spectrophotometry and Interferometry of the Wind,
Astrophysical Journal, 769:118-129

Touhami, Y., Gies, D. R., Schaefer, G. H., McAlister, H. A., Ridgway, S. T., Richardson, N. D., Matson, R., Grundstrom, E. D., ten Brummelaar, T. A., Goldfinger, P. J., Sturmann, L., Sturmann, J., Turner, N. H., and Farrington, C. (2013) A CHARA Array Survey of Circumstellar Disks around Nearby Be-type Stars,
Astrophysical Journal, 768:128-151

Gallenne, A., Monnier, J. D., Merand, A., Kervella, P., Kraus, S., Schaefer, G. H., Gieren, W., Pietrzynski, G., Szabados, L., Che, X., Baron, F., Pedretti, E., McAlister, H., ten Brummelaar, T., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Turner, N., Farrington, C., and Vargas, N. (2013) Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry. I. CHARA/MIRC detection of the companion of V1334 Cygni,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 552:A21

Older Publications


Other Publications of Interest

Turner, N. H. (2013) Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur, in Argyle, R. W., editor, Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars, Second edition, Springer-Verlag, London, ISBN 1-4614-3944-8, Chapter 18, Pages 261-280

Berger, D. H., Aufdenberg, J. P., and Turner, N. H. (2007) Resolving the Faces of Stars, in Sky & Telescope , New Track Media LLC, February issue, pages 40-45.

Turner, N. H. (2004) Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur, in Argyle, R. W., editor, Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars, Springer-Verlag, London, ISBN 1-85233-558-0, Chapter 17, Pages 209-229

Turner, N. H., ten Brummelaar, T. A., and Roberts, Jr., L. C. (2003) Faint Companion Search to O-stars using the Adaptive Optics System on the 3.63-meter Telescope on Haleakala, in Proceedings of the SPIE, 4839:1103-1109

Turner, N. H. and ten Brummelaar, T. A. (1998) A Protoype Single-Mode Fiber Beam Combiner for the CHARA Array, in Proceedings of the SPIE, 3350:1037-1044

McAlister, H. A. (1996) Twenty Years of Seeing Double, in Sky & Telescope , Sky Publishing Corporation, November issue, Pages 28-35.

Turner, N. H., Barry, D. J., and McAlister, H. A. (1992) Astrometric Speckle Interferometry for the Amateur, in Complementary Approaches to Double and Multiple Star Research, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Proceedings, 32:577-579


Source Code

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