McCall Research Group

Dr. Nick Indriolo

Professional Information

Tenure: May 2006 - July 2011
Current Position: Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. Astronomy, University of Illinois, 2011
B.S. Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, 2005

nindrio2@illinois.edu

Dr. Nick Indriolo

Papers

9	N. Indriolo and B. J. McCall "Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Galactic Diffuse Interstellar Medium through Observations of H₃⁺" Astrophysical Journal (2012), 745, 91.
8	M. Goto, T. Usuda, T. R. Geballe, N. Indriolo, B. J. McCall, T. Henning, and T. Oka "Absorption-Line Survey of H₃⁺ toward the Galactic Center Sources. III. Extent of Warm and Diffuse Clouds" Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (2011), 63, L13-L17.
7	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall "On the Ortho:Para Ratio of H₃⁺ in Diffuse Molecular Clouds" Astrophysical Journal (2011), 729, 15.
6	N. Indriolo, G. A. Blake, M. Goto, T. Usuda, T. Oka, T. R. Geballe, B. D. Fields and B. J. McCall "Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate Near the Supernova Remnant IC 443 through H₃⁺ Observations" Astrophysical Journal (2010), 724, 1357-1365.
5	N. Indriolo, T. Oka, T. R. Geballe and B. J. McCall "Constraining the Environment of CH⁺ Formation with CH₃⁺ Observations" Astrophysical Journal (2010), 711, 1338-1342.
4	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.
3	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.
2	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.
1	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.

Talks

11	N. Indriolo, T. Oka, T. R. Geballe and B. J. McCall "Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Galactic Interstellar Medium through Observations of H₃⁺" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
10	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin of H₃⁺ in Diffuse Molecular Clouds" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
9	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall "The ortho:para Ratio of H₃⁺ in Diffuse Molecular Clouds" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2010.
8	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel and B. J. McCall "The ortho:para Ratio of H₃⁺ in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas" Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in the Laboratory and in Space, Kos, Greece, 2010.
7	N. Indriolo, B. D. Fields and B. J. McCall "Probing Cosmic Ray Propagation and Acceleration with H₃⁺ Observations" Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in the Laboratory and in Space, Kos, Greece, 2010.
6	N. Indriolo, G. A. Blake, M. Goto, T. Usuda, T. R. Geballe, T. Oka and B. J. McCall "Constraining the Flux of Low-Energy Cosmic Rays Accelerated by the Supernova Remnant IC 443" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
5	N. Indriolo, T. Oka, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, G. A. Blake and B. J. McCall "Comparing the Ortho-to-Para Ratios of H₂ and H₃⁺ in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
4	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.
3	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.
2	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.
1	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.

Posters

5	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel, B. A. Tom, C. A. Kauffman, E. Becka, B. A. McGuire and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin Dependence of Hydrogenic Plasmas in the Laboratory and the Diffuse Interstellar Medium" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2011.
4	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.
3	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.
2	K. N. Crabtree, N. Indriolo, H. Kreckel, C. A. Kauffman, E. Becka, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin Effects in Hydrogenic Plasmas in the Laboratory and Interstellar Medium" Gordon Research Conference on Atomic and Molecular Interactions, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, 2010.
1	N. Indriolo, T. R. Geballe, T. Oka and B. J. McCall "Variability of the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in Diffuse Molecular Clouds" Advancing Chemical Understanding Through Astronomical Observations, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV, 2009.

Other Publications

2	N. Indriolo "Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Galactic Interstellar Medium through Observations of H₃⁺" Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2011.
1	N. Indriolo "Astrochemical Constraints on the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate" Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 2008.