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PUBLICATIONS

Journals - Conference Proceedings - Preprints - Other Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journals

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, 680, 1256 (2008)
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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, 249, 14 (2008)
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33. 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, 671, 1736 (2007)
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32. 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 Letters, 671, L153 (2007)
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31. B. J. McCall
Dissociative Recombination of Cold H3+ and its Interstellar Implications
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society series A, 364, 2953 (2006)
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30. T. P. Snow and B. J. McCall
Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Clouds
Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 44, 367 (2006)
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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, 644, 907 (2006)
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28. B. J. McCall
Recombination Cool and Fast (News & Views)
Nature, 440, 157 (2006)
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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, 632, 882 (2005)
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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, 629, 865 (2005)
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25. M. Adamkovics, G. A. Blake, and B. J. McCall
Diffuse Interstellar Bands Toward HD 62542
Astrophysical Journal, 625, 857 (2005)
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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, 70, 052716 (2004)
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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, 5, 321 (2004)
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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, A. E. Orel
Resonant Ion-Pair Formation in Electron Collisions with Rovibrationally Cold H3+
Physical Review A, 69, 022713 (2004)
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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, 595, 235 (2003)
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20. 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, 374, 583 (2003)
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19. J. L. Gottfried, B. J. McCall, and T. Oka
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of H3+ Above the Barrier to Linearity
Journal of Chemical Physics, 118, 10890 (2003)
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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, 422, 500 (2003)
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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, 82, 1350 (2003)
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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, 584, 339 (2003)
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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, 582, 823 (2003)
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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, 54, 951 (2002)
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13. T. P. Snow, D. E. Welty, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, B. J. McCall, P. Sonnentrucker, D. G. York
Unusually Weak Diffuse Interstellar Bands toward HD 62542
Astrophysical Journal, 573, 670 (2002)
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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 Letters, 567, L145 (2002)
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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, 567, 391 (2002)
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10. C. M. Lindsay and B. J. McCall
Comprehensive Evaluation and Compilation of H3+ Spectroscopy
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 210, 60 (2001)
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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, 559, L49 (2001)
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8. B. J. McCall
Laboratory Spectroscopy of H3+
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A358, 2385 (2000)
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7. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Combination Band Spectroscopy of H3+
Journal of Chemical Physics, 113, 3104 (2000)
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6. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
H3+ -- an Ion with Many Talents (Perspective)
Science, 287, 1941 (2000)
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5. B. J. McCall, D. G. York, and T. Oka
Observations of Diffuse Interstellar Bands Attributed to C7-
Astrophysical Journal, 531, 329 (2000)
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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, 522, 338 (1999)
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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, 510, 251 (1999)
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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, 109, 267 (1998)
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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, 279, 1910 (1998)
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Conference 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, 2007
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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, E. Herbst, p. 165 (2005)
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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, 4, 92 (2005)
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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, 91, pp. 537-540, 2004

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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, pp. 46-49, 2003

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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, 289, pp. 189-193, 2003
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7. 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, pp. 138-140.
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6. 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, pp. 365-371.
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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, pp. 52-55, 1998
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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, Vol. 132, 1998 eds. J. L. Yun and R. Liseau, pp. 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, pp. 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, Michigan, 1994
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1. B. J. McCall, J. M. Grunsfeld, S. D. Sobajic, C. L. Chang, D. M. Krum, A. Ratner, J. E. Trittschuh
The GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector
Proceedings of the 1993 NASA Shuttle Small Payload Symposium, NASA CP-3233, pp. 47-56
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Preprints

 
M. Larsson, B. J. McCall, and A. E. Orel
The Dissociative Recombination of H3+ -- A Saga Coming to an End?
Chemical Physics Letters, in press
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Other Publications

15. A. A. Mills
Construction of the SCRIBES (Sensitive Cooled Resolved Ion BEam Spectroscopy) Instrument for the Detection of Astrochemically Important Molecular Ions
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Exam, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2007
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14. B. E. Brumfield
High-Resolution Spectroscopic Studies of C60 and C6H7+: Molecules of Fundamental Spectroscopic and Astrochemical Importance
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Exam, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 2007
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13. D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall, and K. Kirby
Fare Astrofisica in Laboratorio
Le Stelle, July 2007, 60
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12. B. Negru
Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of the 14N2+ Meinel System 2-1 Band
B. S. Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
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11. D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall, and K. Kirby
Kosmische Kryptologie
Astronomie Heute, June 2007, 28
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10. D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall, and K. Kirby
Cosmic Code Breakers
Sky & Telescope, March 2007, 32
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9. S. L. Widicus Weaver and B. J. McCall
Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon (Book Review)
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 724 (2007)
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8. B. J. McCall
Hydrogen
World Book Encyclopedia, 2006
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7. M. C. Zwier
Computational and Spectroscopic Challenges of Protonated Methane
M. S. Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
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6. J. P. DiGangi
Inexpensive Interferometric Wavemeter for Visible/NIR Lasers and Rovibronic Spectrum of the A-X 2-1 Band of N2+ Utilizing Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy
B. S. Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
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5. B. T. Pohrte
Design of a High Temperature Supersonic Expansion Source
B. S. Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 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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