Dr. Brett A. McGuire

Professional Information

Tenure: October 2005 - July 2009
Current Position: Jansky Fellow, Caltech/NRAO
Ph.D., Caltech, 2014
M.S., Emory University, 2011
B.S., University of Illinois, 2009

bmcguire@caltech.edu

Papers

K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman, B. A. Tom, E. Beçka, B. A. McGuire and B. J. McCall
"Nuclear Spin Dependence of the Reaction of H₃⁺ with H₂. II. Experimental Measurements"
Journal of Chemical Physics (2011), 134, 194311.

Talks

5	K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman, B. A. Tom, E. Beçka, B. A. McGuire and B. J. McCall "Spectroscopic Measurements of the Reaction H₃⁺ + H₂ → H₂ + H₃⁺" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
4	K. N. Crabtree, B. A. Tom, C. A. Kauffman, B. A. McGuire and B. J. McCall "Experimental Measurements of the H₃⁺ + H₂ → (H₅⁺)* → H₂ + H₃⁺ Reaction" 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
3	K. N. Crabtree, B. A. Tom, C. A. Kauffman, B. A. McGuire and B. J. McCall "Implications of the H₃⁺ + H₂ → H₂ + H₃⁺ Reaction for the ortho- to para-H₃⁺ Ratio in Interstellar Clouds" 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
2	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.
1	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.

Posters

3	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel, B. A. Tom, C. A. Kauffman, E. Beçka, B. A. McGuire and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin Dependence of Hydrogenic Plasmas in the Laboratory and the Diffuse Interstellar Medium" International Astronomical Union Symposium 280: The Molecular Universe, Universidad Castilla la Mancha, Toledo, Spain, 2011.
2	H. Kreckel, K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman, B. A. Tom, N. Indriolo, B. A. McGuire, O. Novotny, M. Berg, D. Bing, H. Buhr, A Petrignani, C. Krantz, M. Lestinky, M. Mendes, C. Nordhorn, J. Stützel, R. Thomas, A. Wolf and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin Effects in the Reactions of H₃⁺ with H₂ and Electrons" Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in the Laboratory and in Space, Kos, Greece, 2010.
1	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.

Other Publications

B. A. McGuire
"Design and Implementation of a Liquid Nitrogen-Cooled Hollow Cathode Discharge Source for the Study of the Reaction H₃⁺ + H₂ → H₂ + H₃⁺ at Physically Relevant Temperatures and the Study of the B³Π_g → A³Σ_u⁺ Band System of N₂"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2009.