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Conference Presentations


50. B. J. McCall
H3+ and the Cosmic Ray Flux
The Molecular Universe, Arcachon, France, May 5-8, 2008
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49. B. J. McCall
The Enigmatic Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Twenty-ninth International Symposium on Free Radicals, Big Sky, Montana, August 12-17, 2007
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48. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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47. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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46. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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45. B. A. Tom, B. J. McCall, Y. Miyamoto, and T. Momose
The Index of Refraction of Solid Hydrogen
Sixty-second Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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44. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
CH3+: A New Tool for Studying the Enigma of Interstellar CH+?
Sixty-second Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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43. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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42. S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall
Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam
Sixty-second Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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41. A. A. Mills, S. L. Widicus Weaver, and B. J. McCall
Development of a Fast Ion Beam Spectrometer for Molecular Ion Spectroscopy
Sixty-second Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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40. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 18-22, 2007
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39. 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, May 14-18, 2007
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38. B. J. McCall
H3+: A Tracer of the Cosmic Ray Ionization Rate in Diffuse Clouds
Enrico Fermi Institute Mini-Symposium on "Interstellar Molecules", Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 2007
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37. 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 (poster)
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25-29, 2007
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36. S. L. Widicus Weaver, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall
Continuous-wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in a Fast Ion Beam (poster)
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25-29, 2007
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35. 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 (poster)
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 25-29, 2007
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34. J. P. DiGangi, Y. Ding, and B. J. McCall
Inexpensive Interferometric Wavemeter for Visible/NIR Lasers
Sixty-first Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 19-23, 2006
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33. 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, March 26-30, 2006
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32. B. J. McCall
The Diffuse Interstellar Bands: A Long-Running Mystery
American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 26-30, 2006
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31. B. J. McCall
Dissociative Recombination of Cold H3+
New Horizons of Astrochemistry and Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mito, Japan, March 15-17, 2006
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30. 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, January 16, 2006
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29. B. J. McCall
Optical and Infrared Observations of Diffuse Clouds
International Astronomical Union Symposium 231 on Astrochemistry, Asilomar, California, August 30, 2005
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28. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 20-24, 2005
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27. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 20-24, 2005
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26. 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, May 29 - June 2, 2005
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25. 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 Recombination, Mosbach, Germany, July 12-16, 2004
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24. B. J. McCall
H3+: "A Beautiful Jewel of Nature"
Jewels in Spectroscopy, in honor of Takeshi Oka, Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 2003
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23. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 2003
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22. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 2003
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21. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 2003
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20. B. J. McCall
The Diffuse Interstellar Bands and Carbon Chains
Workshop on Interstellar and Solar System Carbon Compounds, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, November 13, 2002
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19. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, M. Goto, N. Kobayashi, H. Terada, T. Usuda, and T. Oka (presented by T. Oka)
Observations of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Fifty-seventh Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 17-21, 2002
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18. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 17-21, 2002
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17. 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" (poster)
NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, Moffett Field, California, May 1-3, 2002
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16. 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, August 26-30, 2001
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15. B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York, and T. Oka
Is C7- Really a Diffuse Interstellar Band Carrier?
Fifty-sixth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 11-15, 2001
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14. 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 Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 11-15, 2001
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13. B. J. McCall
Laboratory Spectroscopy of H3+
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on "Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry of H3+", London, England, February 9-10, 2000
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12. 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 "Recent Developments in the Astrophysics of Interstellar Atoms and Molecules", Chicago, November 12, 1999

11. B. J. McCall, D. G. York, and T. Oka
C7- and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Fifty-fourth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 14-18, 1999
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10. 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, Illinois, June 1, 1999
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9. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observations of Interstellar H3+
Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26, 1999
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8. 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, Texas, January 5-9, 1999 (poster)
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7. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Observation of Interstellar H3+ II. Diffuse Clouds
Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, California, July 6-11, 1998 (poster)
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6. T. Oka and B. J. McCall
Observation of Interstellar H3+ I. Dense Molecular Clouds
Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, California, July 6-11, 1998 (poster)
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5. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observation of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Fifty-third Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 15-19, 1998
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4. B. J. McCall, T. R. Huet, J. K. G. Watson, and T. Oka
Overtone and Combination Band Spectroscopy of H3+
Fifty-third Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 15-19, 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, April 14-16, 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, October 24-26, 1997
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1. B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
Observation of Interstellar H3+
Fifty-second Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 1997
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