Publications/Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Papers

75	K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "On the Symmetry and Degeneracy of H₃⁺" Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2013), X, A-I.
74	B. J. McCall and R. E. Griffin "On the Discovery of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands" Proceedings of the Royal Society A (2013), 469, 20120604.
73	J. T. Stewart and B. J. McCall "Additional Bands of the Ar–D₂O Intramolecular Bending Mode Observed Using a Quantum Cascade Laser" Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2012), 282, 34-38.
72	K. N. Crabtree, J. N. Hodges, B. M. Siller, A. J. Perry, J. E. Kelly, P. A. Jenkins II, and B. J. McCall "Sub-Doppler Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions" Chemical Physics Letters (2012), 551, 1-6.
71	M. W. Porambo, B. M. Siller, J. M. Pearson, and B. J. McCall "Broadly Tunable Mid-Infrared Noise-Immune Cavity-Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectrometer" Optics Letters (2012), 37, 4422-4424.
70	F. Grussie, M. H. Berg, K. N. Crabtree, S. Gärtner, B. J. McCall, S. Schlemmer, A. Wolf, and H. Kreckel "The Low-Temperature Nuclear Spin Equilibrium of H₃⁺ in Collisions With H₂" Astrophysical Journal (2012), 759, 21.
69	H. Kreckel, A. Petrignani, O. Novotný, K. Crabtree, H. Buhr, B. J. McCall, and A. Wolf "Storage ring measurements of the dissociative recombination of H₃⁺" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (2012), 370, 5088-5100.
68	K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "The ortho:para ratio of H₃⁺ in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (2012), 370, 5055-5065.
67	R. D. Thomas, I. Kashperka, E. Vigren, W. D. Geppert, M. Hamberg, M. Larsson, M. af Ugglas, V. Zhaunerchyk, N. Indriolo, K. Yagi, S. Hirata, and B. J. McCall "Dissociative Recombination of Vibrationally Cold CH₃⁺ and Interstellar Implications" Astrophysical Journal (2012), 758, 55.
66	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, and B. J. McCall "Extending the Limits of Rotationally Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy: Pyrene" Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2012), 3, 1985-1988.
65	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.
64	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, M. W. Porambo, M. Perera, H. Kreckel, and B. J. McCall "Ultra-Sensitive High-Precision Spectroscopy of a Fast Molecular Ion Beam" Journal of Chemical Physics (2011), 135, 224201.
63	B. M. Siller, M. W. Porambo, A. A. Mills, and B. J. McCall "Noise Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Optics Express (2011), 19, 24822–24827.
62	B. E. Brumfield and B. J. McCall "Application of Nuclear Permutation Inversion Group Theory to the Benzenium Ion" Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2011), 268, 157-163.
61	K. N. Crabtree, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin Dependence of the Reaction of H₃⁺ with H₂. I. Kinetics and Modeling" Journal of Chemical Physics (2011), 134, 194310.
60	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.
59	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.
58	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, and B. J. McCall "High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the ν₈ Band of Methylene Bromide Using a Quantum Cascade Laser" Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2011), 266, 57-62.
57	M. Perera, B. A. Tom, Y. Miyamoto, M. W. Porambo, L. E. Moore, W. R. Evans, T. Momose and B. J. McCall "Refractive Index Measurements of Solid Parahydrogen" Optics Letters (2011), 36, 840-842.
56	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.
55	T. Oka and B. J. McCall "Disclosing Identities in Diffuse Interstellar Bands" Science (2011), 331, 293-294.
54	S. D. Friedman, D. G. York, B. J. McCall, J. Dahlstrom, P. Sonnentrucker, D. E. Welty, M. M. Drosback, L. M. Hobbs, B. L. Rachford and T. P. Snow "Studies of Diffuse Interstellar Bands. V. Pairwise Correlations of Eight Strong DIBs and Neutral Hydrogen, Molecular Hydrogen, and Color Excess" Astrophysical Journal (2011), 727, 33.
53	A. A. Mills, B. M. Siller, and B. J. McCall "Precision Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Chemical Physics Letters (2010), 501, 1-5.
52	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.
51	H. Kreckel, O. Novotny, K. N. Crabtree, H. Buhr, A. Petrignani, B. A. Tom, R. D. Thomas, M. H. Berg, D. Bing, M. Grieser, C. Krantz, M. Lestinsky, M. B. Mendes, C. Nordhorn, R. Repnow, J. Stuetzel, A. Wolf and B. J. McCall "High-Resolution Storage-Ring Measurements of the Dissociative Recombination of H₃⁺ Using a Supersonic Expansion Ion Source" Physical Review A (2010), 82, 042715.
50	K. N. Crabtree, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall "A Modular and Robust Continuous Supersonic Expansion Discharge Source" Review of Scientific Instruments (2010), 81, 086103.
49	B. E. Brumfield, J. T. Stewart, S. L. Widicus Weaver, M. D. Escarra, S. S. Howard, C. F. Gmachl, and B. J. McCall "A Quantum Cascade Laser cw Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer Coupled to a Supersonic Expansion Source" Review of Scientific Instruments (2010), 81, 063102.
48	B. M. Siller, A. A. Mills and B. J. McCall "Cavity-Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy" Optics Letters (2010), 35, 1266-1268.
47	B. A. Tom, A. A. Mills, M. B. Wiczer, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "Development and Characterization of a Source of Rotationally Cold, Enriched para-H₃⁺" Journal of Chemical Physics (2010), 132, 081103.
46	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.
45	S. J. Klippenstein, Y. Georgievskii and B. J. McCall "Temperature Dependence of Two Key Interstellar Reactions of H₃⁺: O(³P) + H₃⁺ and CO + H₃⁺" Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2010), 114, 278-290.
44	B. J. McCall, M. M. Drosback, J. A. Thorburn, D. G. York, S. D. Friedman, L. M. Hobbs, B. L. Rachford, T. P. Snow, P. Sonnentrucker, and D. E. Welty "Studies of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands. IV. The Nearly Perfect Correlation Between λλ6196.0 and 6613.6" Astrophysical Journal (2010), 708, 1628-1638.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (2007), 671, 1736–1747.
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 (2007), 671, L153–L156.
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.
30	T. P. Snow and B. J. McCall "Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Clouds" Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (2006), 44, 367-414.
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.
28	B. J. McCall "Recombination Cool and Fast (News & Views)" Nature (2006), 440, 157-158.
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.
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.
25	M. Adamkovics, G. A. Blake, and B. J. McCall "Diffuse Interstellar Bands Toward HD 62542" Astrophysical Journal (2005), 625, 857–863.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (2003), 374, 583-586.
19	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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10	C. M. Lindsay and B. J. McCall "Comprehensive Evaluation and Compilation of H₃⁺ Spectroscopy" Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (2001), 210, 60-83.
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.
8	B. J. McCall "Laboratory Spectroscopy of H₃⁺" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A (2000), 358, 2385-2401.
7	B. J. McCall and T. Oka "Combination Band Spectroscopy of H₃⁺" Journal of Chemical Physics (2000), 113, 3104-3110.
6	B. J. McCall and T. Oka "H₃⁺ -- an Ion with Many Talents (Perspective)" Science (2000), 287, 1941-1942.
5	B. J. McCall, D. G. York and T. Oka "Observations of Diffuse Interstellar Bands Attributed to C₇^-" Astrophysical Journal (2000), 531, 329-335.
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.
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.
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.
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.