Jean L. Turner
Jean L. Turner | |
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Alma mater | Harvard University (A.B. Astronomy) UC Berkeley (Ph.D. Astronomy) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
Jean L. Turner is an astrophysicist and distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] She was lead author on research and discovery of a particular star cluster in the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, considered 'remarkable' for being an extremely dusty gas cloud and having highly efficient star formation.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Career
[edit]Turner received her AB in astronomy from Harvard University and her PhD degree in astronomy from UC Berkeley. She was a Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Fellow (1984-1986), a visiting associate at Caltech (2004), Caroline Herschel visiting fellow at Space Telescope (2007), and visiting scientist at the Joint ALMA Observatory (2011). Turner was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006,[16][17] and the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department chair from 2014 to 2018.[1]
She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union,[18] and has also contributed to the development and commissioning of the Hat Creek Millimeter Interferometer and the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array.[19]
Research areas
[edit]Her research specialty is in the gaseous environments of young 'super star clusters' in local galaxies, including O star winds and star formation efficiency.[20] The youngest star clusters are typically embedded in dusty gas clouds, and therefore hidden from optical telescopes, so observations are done with infrared and millimeter wavelength telescopes.[21] Such studies can help explain the differences in early Milky Way and Population III stars.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jean Turner: Biography | UCLA Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics". www.astro.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Turner, J. L.; Beck, S. C.; Benford, D. J.; Consiglio, S. M.; Ho, P. T. P.; Kovács, A.; Meier, D. S.; Zhao, J.-H. (March 2015). "Highly efficient star formation in NGC 5253 possibly from stream-fed accretion". Nature. 519 (7543): 331–333. arXiv:1503.05254. Bibcode:2015Natur.519..331T. doi:10.1038/nature14218. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25788096. S2CID 4396346.
- ^ Wolpert, Stuart; UCLA (2015-03-19). "Young Star Cluster Displays Highly Efficient Star Formation". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ January 2006, Space com Staff 11 (11 January 2006). "Astronomers See 'Star Formation on Steroids'". Space.com. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "NGC 5253". wise-obs.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Over million young stars found in nearby galaxy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Astronomers watch star clusters spewing out dust: New observations confirm long-standing theory that stars are copious producers of heavy elements". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "More Than a Million Stars Forming In a Mysterious Dusty Gas Cloud - SpaceRef". spaceref.com. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "'Stunned' scientists discover star cluster". From the Grapevine. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Nearby "Dwarf" Galaxy is Home to Luminous Star Cluster". Technology Org. 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Press, Viva Sarah (2015-06-10). "Astronomers discover colossal star cluster". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Astronomers Spot Millions Of Stars Forming In Small Nearby Galaxy". IFLScience. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Over million young stars found in nearby galaxy". The Hindu. PTI. 2015-03-19. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "News Page (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - American Friends of Tel Aviv University". www.aftau.org. Retrieved 2020-07-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UCLA astronomers watch star clusters spewing out dust". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "UCLA Fellows elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science". ucla.edu.
- ^ "Astronomy (Section D) | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ a b "Jean Turner Homepage | UCLA Division of Astronomy & Astrophysics". www.astro.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Turner, Jean L. (August 2015). "Submillimeter View of Gas and Dust in the Forming Super Star Cluster in NGC 5253". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 12 (S316): 31–35. arXiv:1509.08531. doi:10.1017/S1743921316008735. ISSN 1743-9213.
- ^ Turner, Jean L.; Consiglio, S. Michelle; Beck, Sara C.; Goss, W. M.; Ho, Paul. T. P.; Meier, David S.; Silich, Sergiy; Zhao, Jun-Hui (2017-09-01). "ALMA Detects CO(3–2) within a Super Star Cluster in NGC 5253". The Astrophysical Journal. 846 (1): 73. arXiv:1706.09944. Bibcode:2017ApJ...846...73T. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa8669. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 119006175.
External links
[edit]- Jean L. Turner publications indexed by Google Scholar