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
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The CHARA Array
c/o Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson CA 91023

Current Publications

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

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

Occidental-Caltech Orchestra

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