Jean L. Turner UCLA Physics & Astronomy turner@astro.ucla.edu

Recent Publications

Supernebulae and extremely young protoglobular clusters:

Rodriguez-Rico, C. A., Goss, W. M., Turner, J. L., & Gomez, Y. 2007, "VLA H53alpha observations of the central region of the Super Star Cluster Galaxy NGC 5253," 2007, in press
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Beck, S. C., Turner, J. L., Kloosterman, J. 2007, "The Extraordinary Infrared Spectrum of NGC 1222 (Markarian 603)," AJ, 134, 1237
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Henry, A. L., Turner, J. L., Beck, S. C., Crosthwaite, L. P., Meier, D. S. 2007, "Brackett Lines from the Super Star Cluster Nebulae in He 2-10," AJ, 133, 757
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Tsai, C.-W., Turner, J. L., Beck, S. C., Crosthwaite, L. P., Ho, P. T. P., & Meier, D. S. 2006, "Subarcsecond-Resolution Radio Maps of Nearby Spiral Galaxies," AJ, 132, 2383
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Turner, J. L. 2006, "A Tale of Two HII Regions," in Revealing the Molecular Universe: One Antenna is Never Enough, ed. Backer, D. C., Moran, J. M., & Turner, J. L. (San Francisco: ASPC)

Turner, J. L. & Beck, S. C. 2004, "The Birth of a Super Star Cluster: NGC 5253," ApJ, 602, L85
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Turner, J. L., Beck, S. C., Crosthwaite, L. P., Larkin, J., McLean, I. S., & Meier, D. S. 2003 "An extragalactic supernebula confined by gravity," Nature, 423, 621-623
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On CO and astrochemistry in nearby galaxies:

Meier, D. S., & Turner, J. L. 2004, "Dynamically-Influenced Molecular Clouds in the Nucleus of NGC 6946: Variations in the CO Isotopic Line Ratios," AJ, 127, 2069 astro-ph

Meier, D. S., Turner, J. L., & Beck, S. C. 2002, "Molecular Gas and the Young Starburst in NGC 5253, Revisited", AJ, 124, 877

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Meier, D. S., Turner, J. L., & Beck, S. C. 2001, "Molecular Gas and Star Formation in NGC 3077", AJ 122, 1770-1781
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Turner, J. L., Beck, S. C., & Hurt, R. L. 1997, "A CO Map of the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 5253", Astrophysical Journal, 474, L11 ADS

On the large-scale neutral gas structure of the closest galaxies: CO maps of nearby spiral galaxies using the NRAO 12 Meter Telescope:

Crosthwaite, L. P., & Turner, J. L. 2007, "CO(1-0), CO(2-1), and Neutral Gas in NGC 6946," AJ 134, 1827
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Crosthwaite, L. P., Turner,J. L., Buchholz, L., Ho, P. T. P. & Martin, R. N. 2002 "CO in the Disk of the Barred Spiral Galaxy, M83: CO(1-0), CO(2-1) and Neutral Gas", AJ 124, 251
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Crosthwaite, L. P., Turner, J. L., Hurt, R. L., Levine, D. A., Martin, R. N. & P. T. P. Ho 2001, "CO and Neutral Gas in the Disk of the Spiral Galaxy IC342", Astronomical Journal, 122, 797-814
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