McCall Research Group Illinois

Prof. Benjamin J. McCall

Professional Information

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1995

bjmccall@illinois.edu

Prof. Benjamin J. McCall

Papers

43 L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York, J. A. Thorburn, T. P. Snow, M. Bishof, S. D. Friedman, B. J. McCall, T. Oka, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, and D. E. Welty
"Studies of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands. III. HD 183143"
Astrophysical Journal (2009), 705, 32-45.
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42 N. Indriolo, L. M. Hobbs, K. H. Hinkle and B. J. McCall
"Interstellar Metastable Helium as a Probe of the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate"
Astrophysical Journal (2009), 703, 2131-2137.
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41 S. L. Widicus Weaver, D. E. Woon, B. Ruscic and B. J. McCall
"Is HO2+ a Detectable Interstellar Molecule?"
Astrophysical Journal (2009), 697, 601-609.
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40 N. Indriolo, B. D. Fields, and B. J. McCall
"The Implications of a High Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds"
Astrophysical Journal (2009), 694, 257-267.
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39 B. A. Tom, S. Bhasker, Y. Miyamoto, T. Momose, and B. J. McCall
"Producing and Quantifying Enriched Para-H2"
Review of Scientific Instruments (2009), 80, 016108.
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38 B. A. Tom, V. Zhaunerchyk, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, M. Kaminska, W. D. Geppert, M. Hamberg, M. af Ugglas, E. Vigren, W. J. van der Zande, M. Larsson, R. D. Thomas, and B. J. McCall
"Dissociative Recombination of Highly Enriched Para-H3+"
Journal of Chemical Physics (2009), 130, 031101.
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37 M. Goto, T. Usuda, T. Nagata, T. R. Geballe, B. J. McCall, N. Indriolo, H. Suto, T. Henning, C. P. Morong and T. Oka
"Absorption Line Survey of H3+ toward the Galactic Center Sources II. Eight Infrared Sources within 30 pc of the Galactic Center"
Astrophysical Journal (2008), 688, 306–319.
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36 M. Larsson, B. J. McCall and A. E. Orel
"The Dissociative Recombination of H3+ -- A Saga Coming to an End?"
Chemical Physics Letters (2008), 462, 145-151.
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35 L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York, T. P. Snow, T. Oka, J. A. Thorburn, M. Bishof, S. D. Friedman, B. J. McCall, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker and D. E. Welty
"A Catalog of Diffuse Interstellar Bands in the Spectrum of HD 204827"
Astrophysical Journal (2008), 680, 1256–1270.
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34 S. L. Widicus Weaver, M. B. Wiczer, B. Negru, J. P. DiGangi, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall
"Continuous-wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of the N2+ Meinel System (2,1) Band"
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2008), 249, 14-22.
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33 S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. J. Remijan, R. J. McMahon and B. J. McCall
"A Search for ortho-Benzyne (o-C6H4) in CRL 618"
Astrophysical Journal (2007), 671, L153–L156.
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32 N. Indriolo, T. R. Geballe, T. Oka and B. J. McCall
"H3+ in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds: A Tracer for the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate"
Astrophysical Journal (2007), 671, 1736–1747.
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31 B. J. McCall
"Dissociative Recombination of Cold H3+ and its Interstellar Implications"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A (2006), 364, 2953-2963.
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30 T. P. Snow and B. J. McCall
"Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Clouds"
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (2006), 44, 367-414.
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29 T. R. Geballe, M. Goto, T. Usuda, T. Oka and B. J. McCall
"The Interstellar Medium of IRAS 08572+3915 NW: H3+ and Warm High-Velocity CO"
Astrophysical Journal (2006), 644, 907–913.
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28 B. J. McCall
"Recombination Cool and Fast (News & Views)"
Nature (2006), 440, 157-158.
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27 T. Oka, T. R. Geballe, M. Goto, T. Usuda and B. J. McCall
"Hot and Diffuse Clouds near the Galactic Center Probed by Metastable H3+"
Astrophysical Journal (2005), 632, 882–893.
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26 M. Goto, T. R. Geballe, B. J. McCall, T. Usuda, H. Suto, H. Terada, N. Kobayashi and T. Oka
"Search for H3+ in HD 141569A"
Astrophysical Journal (2005), 629, 865–872.
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25 M. Adamkovics, G. A. Blake, and B. J. McCall
"Diffuse Interstellar Bands Toward HD 62542"
Astrophysical Journal (2005), 625, 857–863.
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24 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. J. Saykally, N. Djuric, G. H. Dunn, J. Semaniak, O. Novotny, A. Al-Khalili, A. Ehlerding, F. Hellberg, S. Kalhori, A. Neau, R. Thomas, A. Paal, F. Osterdahl and M. Larsson
"Dissociative Recombination of Rotationally Cold H3+"
Physical Review A (2004), 70, 052716.
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23 A. J. Huneycutt, R. N. Casaes, B. J. McCall, C.-Y. Chung, Y.-P. Lee and R. J. Saykally
"Infrared Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons"
ChemPhysChem (2004), 5, 321-326.
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22 S. Kalhori, R. Thomas, A. Al-Khalili, A. Ehlerding, F. Hellberg, A. Neau, M. Larsson, A. Larson, A. J. Huneycutt, B. J. McCall, N. Djuric, G. H. Dunn, J. Semaniak, O. Novotny, A. Paal, F. Osterdahl and A. E. Orel
"Resonant Ion-Pair Formation in Electron Collisions with Rovibrationally Cold H3+"
Physical Review A (2004), 69, 022713.
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21 M. Adamkovics, G. A. Blake and B. J. McCall
"Observations of Rotationally Resolved C3 in Translucent Sight Lines"
Astrophysical Journal (2003), 595, 235–246.
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20 J. L. Gottfried, B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of H3+ Above the Barrier to Linearity"
Journal of Chemical Physics (2003), 118, 10890-10899.
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19 B. J. McCall, R. N. Casaes, M. Adamkovics and R. J. Saykally
"A Re-examination of the 4051 A Band of C3 Using Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of a Supersonic Plasma"
Chemical Physics Letters (2003), 374, 583-586.
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18 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. J. Saykally, T. R. Geballe, N. Djuric, G. H. Dunn, J. Semaniak, O. Novotny, A. Al-Khalili, A. Ehlerding, F. Hellberg, S. Kalhori, A. Neau, R. Thomas, F. Osterdahl and M. Larsson
"Enhanced Cosmic-Ray Flux toward zeta Persei Inferred from Laboratory Study of H3+-e- Recombination Rate"
Nature (2003), 422, 500-502.
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17 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. J. Saykally, C. M. Lindsay, T. Oka, M. Fushitani, Y. Miyamoto and T. Momose
"Stimulated Stokes Downconversion in Liquid and Solid Parahydrogen"
Applied Physics Letters (2003), 82, 1350-1352.
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16 J. A. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, B. J. McCall, T. Oka, D. E. Welty, S. D. Friedman, T. P. Snow, P. Sonnentrucker and D. G. York
"Some Diffuse Interstellar Bands Related to Interstellar C2 Molecules"
Astrophysical Journal (2003), 584, 339–356.
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15 T. Oka, J. A. Thorburn, B. J. McCall, S. D. Friedman, L. M. Hobbs, P. Sonnentrucker, D. E. Welty and D. G. York
"Observations of C3 in Translucent Sightlines"
Astrophysical Journal (2003), 582, 823-829.
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14 M. Goto, B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, T. Usuda, N. Kobayashi, H. Terada and T. Oka
"Absorption Line Survey of H3+ toward the Galactic Center Sources I. GCS 3-2 and GC IRS3"
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (2002), 54, 951-961.
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13 T. P. Snow, D. E. Welty, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, B. J. McCall, P. Sonnentrucker and D. G. York
"Unusually Weak Diffuse Interstellar Bands toward HD 62542"
Astrophysical Journal (2002), 573, 670-677.
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12 B. J. McCall, T. Oka, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs and D. G. York
"A Critical Examination of the l-C3H2- Spectrum and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands"
Astrophysical Journal (2002), 567, L145-L148.
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11 B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle, T. R. Geballe, G. H. Moriarty-Schieven, N. J. Evans II, K. Kawaguchi, S. Takano, V. V. Smith and T. Oka
"Observations of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium"
Astrophysical Journal (2002), 567, 391-406.
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10 C. M. Lindsay and B. J. McCall
"Comprehensive Evaluation and Compilation of H3+ Spectroscopy"
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2001), 210, 60-83.
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9 B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, T. Oka and D. G. York
"Rejection of the C7- Diffuse Interstellar Band Hypothesis"
Astrophysical Journal (2001), 559, L49-L53.
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8 B. J. McCall
"Laboratory Spectroscopy of H3+"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A (2000), 358, 2385-2401.
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7 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Combination Band Spectroscopy of H3+"
Journal of Chemical Physics (2000), 113, 3104-3110.
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6 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"H3+ -- an Ion with Many Talents (Perspective)"
Science (2000), 287, 1941-1942.
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5 B. J. McCall, D. G. York and T. Oka
"Observations of Diffuse Interstellar Bands Attributed to C7-"
Astrophysical Journal (2000), 531, 329-335.
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4 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle and T. Oka
"Observations of H3+ in Dense Molecular Clouds"
Astrophysical Journal (1999), 522, 338-348.
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3 T. R. Geballe, B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle and T. Oka
"Detection of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium: The Galactic Center and Cygnus OB2 No. 12"
Astrophysical Journal (1999), 510, 251-257.
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2 B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle, T. R. Geballe and T. Oka
"H3+ in Dense and Diffuse Clouds"
Faraday Discussions (1998), 109, 267-280.
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1 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle and T. Oka
"Detection of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium Toward Cygnus OB2 No. 12"
Science (1998), 279, 1910-1913.
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Proceedings

13 S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, S. Howard, C. Gmachl and B. J. McCall
"A Laboratory and Observational Search for the Vibrational Spectrum of C60"
Proceedings of International Conference on Molecules in Space and Laboratory, Eds. J. L. Lemaire and F. Combes, (2007), 1-4.
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12 B. J. McCall
"Optical and Infrared Observations of Diffuse Clouds"
Astrochemistry: Recent Successes and Current Challenges, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 231, Eds. D. C. Lis, G. A. Blake and E. Herbst, (2005), 165-174.
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11 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. J. Saykally, N. Djuric, G. H. Dunn, J. Semaniak, O. Novotny, A. Al-Khalili, A. Ehlerding, F. Hellberg, S. Kalhori, A. Neau, R. Thomas, A. Paal, F. Osterdahl and M. Larsson
"Storage Ring Measurements of the Dissociative Recombination Rate of Rotationally Cold H3+"
Journal of Physics: Conference Proceedings, (2005), 4, 92-97.
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10 M. Goto, B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, T. Usuda and T. Oka
"H3+ Line Survey towards the Galactic Center"
The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies, Springer Proceedings in Physics, (2004), 91, 537-540.
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9 T. R. Geballe, B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"H3+ in Dark Clouds"
Chemistry as a Diagnostic of Star Formation, National Research Council of Canada Press, (2003), 46-49.
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8 M. Goto, B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, T. Usuda, N. Kobayashi, H. Terada and T. Oka
"Observation of Interstellar H3+ Using Subaru IRCS: The Galactic Center"
Proceedings of the 8th International Astronomical Union Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, ASP Conference Series, (2003), 289, 189-193.
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7 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Enigma of H3+ in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds"
Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons, Ed. S. L. Guberman, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, (2003), 365-371.
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6 B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. Welty, T. P. Snow, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, S. Friedman, T. Oka and D. G. York
"Early Results from the APO Diffuse Interstellar Band Survey"
Proceedings of NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, NASA CP-2002-211863, (2002).
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5 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Spectroscopy and Dynamics of H3+ in the Laboratory and in Space"
Proceedings of the Laboratory Space Science Workshop, (1998), 52-55.
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4 T. R. Geballe, B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Recent Observations of H3+ in Molecular Clouds"
Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory, ASP Conference Series, Eds. J. L. Yun and R. Liseau, (1998), 132, 72-75.
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3 M. Coward, J. M. Grunsfeld, B. J. McCall and A. Ratner
"Construction of the GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector (G-056)"
Proceedings of the 1995 NASA Shuttle Small Payloads Symposium, NASA CP-3310, (1995), 203-212.
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2 B. J. McCall
"The GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector"
Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Kalamazoo, Michgan, (1994).
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1 B. J. McCall, J. M. Grunsfeld, S. D. Sobajic, C. L. Chang, D. M. Krum, A. Ratner and J. E. Trittschuh
"The GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector"
Proceedings of the 1993 NASA Shuttle Small Payload Symposium, NASA CP-3233, (1993), 47-56.
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Talks

70 H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller, K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall
"SCRIBES: Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved Ion-BEam Spectroscopy"
Second Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2009.
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69 B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, M. D. Escarra, C. Gmachl and B. J. McCall
"The Influence of Free-Running FP-QCL Frequency Jitter on Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of C60"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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68 A. A. Mills, K. B. Ford, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall
"Indirect Terahertz Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions Using Highly Accurate and Precise Mid-IR Spectroscopy"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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67 N. Indriolo, T. R. Geballe, T. Oka and B. J. McCall
"Variability of the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in Diffuse Molecular Clouds"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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66 N. Indriolo, L. M. Hobbs, K. H. Hinkle and B. J. McCall
"Can We Use Metastable Helium to Trace the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate?"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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65 B. A. McGuire, B. A. Tom, L. E. Moore, T. J. Wood and B. J. McCall
"Spectroscopic Studies of the H3+ + H2 Reaction at Astrophysically Relevant Temperatures"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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64 C. A. Kauffman, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall
"A Continuous Supersonic Expansion Discharge Nozzle for Rotationally Cold Ions"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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63 K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall
"Performance of a Continuous Supersonic Expansion Discharge Nozzle Evaluated by Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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62 M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree, K. B. Ford, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills and B. J. McCall
"Progress in the Development of an Infrared Ion Beam Spectrometer"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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61 B. J. McCall
"Molecular Spectroscopy: The Key to Understanding the Interstellar Medium"
Sixty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009.
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60 B. J. McCall
"H3+: The Simplest Polyatomic Molecule in the Laboratory and in the Interstellar Medium"
Advancing Chemical Understanding Through Astronomical Observations, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV, 2009.
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59 B. J. McCall
"Spectroscopic Study of the Astrophysically Important Reaction Between H3+ and H2"
Gordon Conference on Gaseous Ions, Galveston, TX, 2009.
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58 B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall
"The H3+ + H2 Reaction: A Possible Mechanism for para-H3+ Enrichment in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium"
Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
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57 N. Indriolo, B. D. Fields and B. J. McCall
"The Implications of a High Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds"
Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
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56 B. J. McCall
"New Laboratory and Theoretical Studies of Astrophysically Important Reactions of H3+"
Gordon Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions, New London, New Hampshire, 2008.
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55 K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall
"Design and Construction of a Laser Beam Profiler for Use with Continuous Wave Lasers in the Mid-Infrared"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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54 B. E. Brumfield, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, D. K. Wilson, M. Percevault, and B. J. McCalll
"Development and Implementation of Optical Isolation for a Continuous Wave Fabry Perot Quantum Cascade Laser (CW-FP-QCL) at 8.5 um Using an Experimental Faraday Rotator"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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53 D. E. Woon, S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. Ruscic, and B. J. McCall
"Ab Initio Predictions for HO2+: Theoretical Guidance for an Astronomical Detectability Study"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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52 S. L. Widicus Weaver, D. E. Woon, B. Ruscic, and B. J. McCall
"Is HO2+ a Detectable Interstellar Molecule?"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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51 N. Indriolo, B. D. Fields, and B. J. McCall
"Constraining the Low-Energy Cosmic-Ray Spectrum"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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50 L. E. Snyder, H.-L. Kuo, D. N. Friedel, L. W. Looney, B. J. McCall, A. J. Remijan, F. J. Lovas, and J. M. Hollis
"Using a Search for Interstellar Urea to Test the Ability of CARMA to Detect New Molecules"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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49 A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall
"Progress on the Development of an Infrared Ion Beam Spectrometer"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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48 B. A. McGuire, S. L. Widicus Weaver, M. Wiczer, B. Negru, J. P. DiGangi, B. A. Tom, and B. J. McCall
"Continuous-Wave Cavity Ringdown Study of the First Positive Band System of N2*"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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47 L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York, T. P. Snow, T. Oka, J. A. Thorburn, M. Bishof, S. D. Friedman, B. J. McCall, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, and D. E. Welty
"A New Catalog of Diffuse Interstellar Bands"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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46 B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall
"Observation of Nuclear Spin Selection Rules in Supersonically Expanding Plasmas Containing H3+"
Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
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45 B. J. McCall
"H3+: A Case Study for the Importance of Molecular Laboratory Astrophysics"
American Astronomical Society National Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008.
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44 B. J. McCall
"The Enigmatic Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Reservoir of Organic Material"
American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) Meeting, State College, Pennsylvania, 2008.
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43 B. J. McCall
"H3+ and the Cosmic Ray Flux"
The Molecular Universe, Arcachon, France, 2008.
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42 B. J. McCall
"The Enigmatic Diffuse Interstellar Bands"
Twenty-Ninth International Symposium on Free Radicals, Big Sky, Montana, 2007.
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41 B. E. Brumfield, S. L. Widicus Weaver, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall
"Cavity Ringdown Spectrum of the v8 Band of Methylene Bromide Using a Quantum Cascade Laser"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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40 S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, A. A. Mills, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall
"A Search for the 8.5 Micron Vibrational Spectrum of C60 in the Laboratory and Space"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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39 S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. J. Remijan, R. J. McMahon, and B. J. McCall
"A Green Bank Telescope Search for Ortho-Benzyne (o-C6H4) in CRL 618"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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38 N. Indriolo, B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
"H3+ in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds: A Tracer for the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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37 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
"CH3+: A New Tool for Studying the Enigma of Interstellar CH+?"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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36 B. A. Tom, B. J. McCall, Y. Miyamoto, and T. Momose
"The Index of Refraction of Solid Hydrogen"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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35 S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. Negru, M. Wiczer, B. A. Tom, J. P. DiGangi, and B. J. McCall
"Continuous-wave Cavity Ringdown Study of the 14N2+ Meinel System 2-1 Band and the First Positive Band System of N2*"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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34 A. A. Mills, S. L. Widicus Weaver, and B. J. McCall
"Development of a Fast Ion Beam Spectrometer for Molecular Ion Spectroscopy"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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33 S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall
"Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam"
Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
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32 S. L. Widicus Weaver, B. E. Brumfield, S. Howard, C. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall
"A Laboratory and Observational Search for the Vibrational Spectrum of C60"
Molecules in Space and Laboratory, Paris, France, 2007.
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31 B. J. McCall
"A Tracer of the Cosmic Ray Ionization Rate in Diffuse Clouds"
Enrico Fermi Institute Mini-Symposium on, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
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30 J. P. DiGangi, Y. Ding, and B. J. McCall
"Inexpensive Interferometric Wavemeter for Visible/NIR Lasers"
Sixty-First International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006.
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29 S. L. Widicus Weaver, M. C. Zwier, Y. Ding, and B. J. McCall
"Laboratory and Observational Studies of C60 and C60+"
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006.
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28 B. J. McCall
"The Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Long-Running Mystery"
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006.
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27 B. J. McCall
"Dissociative Recombination of Cold H3+"
New Horizons of Astrochemistry and Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mito, Japan, 2006.
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26 B. J. McCall
"Dissociative Recombination of Cold H3+ and its Interstellar Implications"
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on "Physics, Chemistry, and Astronomy of H3+", London, England, 2006.
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25 B. J. McCall
"Optical and Infrared Observations of Diffuse Clouds"
International Astronomical Union Symposium 231 on Astrochemistry, Asilomar, California, 2005.
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24 M. Adamkovics, G. A. Blake, and B. J. McCall
"A Search for C4 and C5 in the (Molecular) Carbon-Rich Sightline toward HD 204827"
Sixtieth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2005.
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23 B. J. McCall, M. Adamkovics, B. L. Rachford, T. P. Snow, S. D. Friedman, P. Sonnentrucker, T. Fishman, J. A. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, T. Oka, D. E. Welty, and D. G. York
"Correlations among Diffuse Interstellar Bands, Atoms, and Small Molecules"
Sixtieth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2005.
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22 B. J. McCall, T. Fishman, S. D. Friedman, L. M. Hobbs, T. Oka, B. L. Rachford, T. P. Snow, P. Sonnentrucker, J. A. Thorburn, D. E. Welty, and D. G. York
"Status of the Diffuse Interstellar Band Problem"
American Astronomical Society 206th Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2005.
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21 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. J. Saykally, N. Djuric, G. H. Dunn, J. Semaniak, O. Novotny, A. Al-Khalili, A. Ehlerding, F. Hellberg, S. Kalhori, A. Neau, R. Thomas, A. Paal, F. Osterdahl, and M. Larsson
"Storage Ring Measurements of the Dissociative Recombination Rate of Rotationally Cold H3+"
Sixth International Conference on Dissociative Recombinatio, Mosbach, Germany, 2004.
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20 B. J. McCall
"H3+: 'A Beautiful Jewel of Nature'"
Jewels in Spectroscopy, in honor of Takeshi Oka, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.
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19 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. J. Saykally, T. R. Geballe, N. Djuric, G. H. Dunn, J. Semaniak, O. Novotny, A. Al-Khalili, A. Ehlerding, F. Hellberg, S. Kalhori, A. Neau, R. Thomas, F. Osterdahl, and M. Larsson
"Enhanced Cosmic-ray Flux Toward Zeta Persei Inferred from Storage Ring Measurement of Dissociative Recombination Rate of Rotationally Cold H3+"
Fifty-Eighth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2003.
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18 B. J. McCall, B. L. Rachford, T. P. Snow, S. D. Friedman, P. Sonnentrucker, J. A. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, T. Oka, D. E. Welty, and D. G. York
"Correlations Among the Diffuse Interstellar Bands"
Fifty-Eighth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2003.
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17 B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. Casaes, R. J. Saykally, C. M. Lindsay, T. Oka, M. Fushitani, Y. Miyamoto, and T. Momose
"Generation of Infrared Radiation by Stimulated Raman Scattering in Liquid and Solid Parahydrogen"
Fifty-Eighth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2003.
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16 B. J. McCall
"The Diffuse Interstellar Bands and Carbon Chains"
Workshop on Interstellar and Solar System Carbon Compounds, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, 2002.
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15 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, M. Goto, N. Kobayashi, H. Terada, T. Usuda, and T. Oka
"Observations of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium"
Fifty-Seventh International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2002.
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14 B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. Welty, T. P. Snow, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, S. Friedman, T. Oka, and D. G. York
"Preliminary Results from the APO Diffuse Interstellar Band Survey"
Fifty-Seventh International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2002.
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13 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Enigma of H3+ in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds"
International Symposium on the Dissociative Recombination of Molecules with Electrons, Chicago, IL, 2001.
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12 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, V. V. Smith, G. Moriarty-Schieven, S. Takano, and T. Oka
"H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium toward HD 183143"
Fifty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2001.
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11 B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York, and T. Oka
"Is C7- Really a Diffuse Interstellar Band Carrier?"
Fifty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2001.
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10 B. J. McCall
"Laboratory Spectroscopy of H3+"
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on "Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry of H3+ ", London, England, 2000.
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9 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
"Observations of H3+, the Initiator of Interstellar Chemistry"
Enrico Fermi Institute Mini-Symposium on, Chicago, IL, 1999.
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8 B. J. McCall, D. G. York, and T. Oka
"C7- and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands"
Fifty-Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1999.
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7 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
"Observations of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium"
194th (Centennial) Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Chicago, IL, 1999.
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6 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
"Observations of Interstellar H3+"
Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, 1999.
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5 B. J. McCall, T. R. Huet, J. K. G. Watson, and T. Oka
"Overtone and Combination Band Spectroscopy of H3+"
Fifty-third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1998.
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4 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
"Observation of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium"
Fifty-third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1998.
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3 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"H3+ in Dense and Diffuse Clouds"
Faraday Discussion No. 109, Chemistry and Physics of Molecules and Grains in Space, Nottingham, UK, 1998.
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2 B. McCall, T. Geballe, K. Hinkle and T. Oka
"The Interstellar Chemist's Most Insightful Tool: H3+ Observed in a Variety of Astronomical Environments"
Thirteenth Annual University of Waterloo Symposium on Chemical Physics, Waterloo, 1997.
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1 B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
"Observation of Interstellar H3+"
Fifty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1997.
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Posters

15 B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart and B. J. McCall
"Mid Infrared Continuous Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer for Acquisition of the High-Resolution Spectrum of C60"
Second Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2009.
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14 C. A. Kauffman, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall
"The Performance of a Continuous Supersonic Expansion Discharge Source"
Second Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2009.
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13 B. A. Tom, B. A. McGuire, L. E. Moore, T. J. Wood and B. J. McCall
"Hydrogenic Plasmas in a Cold Hollow Cathode"
Advancing Chemical Understanding Through Astronomical Observations, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV, 2009.
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12 K. N. Crabtree, K. B. Ford, C. A. Kauffman, H. Kreckel, A. A. Mills, M. Perera, B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall
"SCRIBES: Sensitive, Cooled, Resolved, Ion BEam Spectroscopy"
Advancing Chemical Understanding Through Astronomical Observations, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV, 2009.
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11 A. A. Mills, H. Kreckel, M. Perera, K. N. Crabtree, B. M. Siller, K. B. Ford and B. J. McCall
"Ultrasensitive Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions"
Air Force Molecular Dynamics Contractors Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2009.
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10 A. A. Mills, K. B. Ford, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall
"High Resolution Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions: Development of an Instrument"
Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
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9 K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall
"A Continuous Supersonic Expansion Discharge Source for the Production of Cold Molecular Ions"
Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
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8 B. E. Brumfield, B. Siller and B. J. McCall
"Towards Acquisition of a High Resolution Gas Phase Spectrum of C60"
Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
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7 B. E. Brumfield, S. L. Widicus Weaver, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall
"Continuous Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of C60 at 8.5 Microns Using a Quantum Cascade Laser and a Supersonic Expansion Source"
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
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6 S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall
"Continuous-wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam"
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
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5 B. Negru, M. Wiczer, S. L. Widicus Weaver, J. P. DiGangi, B. A. Tom, and B. J. McCall
"Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of the 14N2+ Meinel System 2-1 Band"
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
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4 B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. Welty, T. P. Snow, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, S. Friedman, T. Oka, and D. G. York
"Early Results from the APO Diffuse Interstellar Band Survey"
NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, Moffett Field, California, 2002.
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3 B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
"Observation of H3+ in Dense and Diffuse Clouds"
193rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Austin,TX, 1999.
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2 B. J. McCall and T. Oka
"Observation of Interstellar H3+ II. Diffuse Clouds"
Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, California, 1998.
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1 T. Oka and B. J. McCall
"Observation of Interstellar H3+ I. Dense Molecular Clouds"
Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, California, 1998.
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Other Publications

9 D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall and K. Kirby
"Fare Astrofisica in Laboratorio"
Le Stelle, 2007.
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8 D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall and K. Kirby
"Kosmische Kryptologie"
Astronomie Heute, 2007.
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7 D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall and K. Kirby
"Cosmic Code Breakers"
Sky and Telescope, 2007.
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6 S. L. Widicus Weaver and B. J. McCall
"Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon (Book Review)"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 2007.
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5 B. J. McCall
"Hydrogen"
World Book Encyclopedia, 2006.
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4 B. J. McCall
"Spectroscopy of H3+ in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas"
Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Chemistry and Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 2001.
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3 B. J. McCall and the GAMCIT Team
"GAMCIT Final Report"
1999.
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2 B. J. McCall
"Laboratory and Astronomical Spectroscopy of H3+"
Research Prospectus for Candidacy Examination, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1996.
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1 B. J. McCall and the GAMCIT Team
"GAMCIT (G-056) Phase III Safety Data Package"
1995.
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