Nils Henning Turner

Research Scientist, The CHARA Array
CHARA/Georgia State University

Ph.D. Astronomy, Georgia State University, 1998, A Prototype Imager for the CHARA Array
M.S. Physics, Georgia State University, 1997
B.S. Astrophysics, University of Wyoming, 1990

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

Merand, A., Aufdenberg, J. P., Kervella, P., Coude du Foresto, V., ten Brummelaar, T. A., McAlister, H. A., Sturmann, L., Sturmann, J., and Turner, N. H. (2007) Extended Envelopes Around Galactic Cepheids. III. Y Ophiuchi and alpha Persei from Near-Infrared Interferometry with CHARA/FLUOR, Astrophysical Journal, 664:1093-1101

Monnier, J. D., Zhao, M., Pedretti, E., Thureau, N., Ireland, M., Muirhead, P., Berger, J.-P., Millan-Gabet, R., van Belle, G. T., ten Brummelaar, T. A., McAlister, H. A., Ridgway, S. T., Turner, N. H., Sturmann, L., Sturmann, J., and Berger, D. H. (2007) Imaging the Surface of Altair, Science, 317:342-345

Baines, E. L., van Belle, G. T., ten Brummelaar, T. A., McAlister, H. A., Swain, M., Turner, N. H., Sturmann, L., and Sturmann, J. (2007) Direct Measurement of the Radius and Density of the Transiting Exoplanet HD 189733b with the CHARA Array, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 661:L195-L198

Ciardi, D. R., van Belle, G. T., Boden, A. F., ten Brummelaar, T. A., McAlister, H. A., Bagnuolo, Jr., W. G., Goldfinger, P. J., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Turner, N. H., Berger, D. H., Thompson, R. R., and Ridgway, S. T. (2007) The Angular Diameter of Lambda Bootis, Astrophysical Journal, 659:1623-1628

Roberts, Jr., L. C., Turner, N. H., and ten Brummelaar, T. A. (2007) Adaptive Optics Photometry and Astrometry of Binary Stars. II. A Multiplicity Survey of B Stars, Astronomical Journal, 133:545-552

Gies, D. R., Bagnuolo, Jr., W. G., Baines, E. K., ten Brummelaar, T. A., Farrington, C. D., Goldfinger, P. J., Grundstrom, E. D., Huang, W., McAlister, H. A., Merand, A., Sturmann, J., Sturmann, L., Touhami, Y., Turner, N. H., Wingert, D. W., Berger, D. H., McSwain, M. V., Aufdenberg, J. P., Ridgway, S. T., Cochran, A. L., Lester, D. F., Sterling, N. C., Bjorkman, J. E., Bjorkman, K. S., and Koubsky, P. (2007) CHARA Array K'-Band Measurements of the Angular Dimensions of Be Star Disks, Astrophysical Journal, 654:527-543

Older Publications

Other Publications of Interest

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

Here's the listed link to the Linux DVA Software.
Typo Alert! An itemized listing of the Chapter 17 typos can be found here.

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.

Sidebox, page 34, the software described, SpekLite, can be found here.

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

This is an evolving list of source code that I and my colleagues have released to the general public. Most of it is released under the GNU Public License. The listing can be found here.

Personal Pages

For those interested, here are my personal pages.