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Astrophysicist
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 .
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Career
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,
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[17] and the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department chair from 2014 to 2018.
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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 .
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Research areas
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.
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References
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"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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"NGC 5253" . wise-obs.tau.ac.il . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"Over million young stars found in nearby galaxy" . The Economic Times . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"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 .
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"More Than a Million Stars Forming In a Mysterious Dusty Gas Cloud - SpaceRef" . spaceref.com . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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" 'Stunned' scientists discover star cluster" . From the Grapevine . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"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 .
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"Astronomers Spot Millions Of Stars Forming In Small Nearby Galaxy" . IFLScience . 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"Over million young stars found in nearby galaxy" . The Hindu . PTI. 2015-03-19.
ISSN
0971-751X . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"News Page (Astronomy & Astrophysics) - American Friends of Tel Aviv University" . www.aftau.org . Retrieved 2020-07-26 . [
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"UCLA astronomers watch star clusters spewing out dust" . EurekAlert! . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"UCLA Fellows elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science" . ucla.edu .
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"Astronomy (Section D) | American Association for the Advancement of Science" . www.aaas.org . Retrieved 2020-07-26 .
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"International Astronomical Union | IAU" . www.iau.org . Retrieved 2020-08-01 .
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"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
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