Colonel Brian A. Tom, USAF (Retired)

Professional Information

Tenure: June 2006 - July 2009
Current Position: Served as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the US Air Force Academy, and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2009
M.S. Applied Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2006
M.A. Organizational Mgmt., The George Washington University, 1999
B.S. (Double Major) University of California at San Diego, 1991
-Chemistry with a specialization in earth sciences
-Ecology, behavior, and evolution

britomster@gmail.com

Papers

9	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.
8	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.
7	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.
6	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.
5	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.
4	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.
3	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.
2	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.
1	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.

Talks

15	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.
14	K. N. Crabtree, B. A. Tom and B. J. McCall "Modeling the Influence of Nuclear Spin in the Reaction of H₃⁺ with H₂" Sixty-Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2011.
13	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.
12	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. Stützel, A. Wolf and B. J. McCall "Storage Ring Measurements of the Dissociative Recombination of H₃⁺: a Closer Look" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2010.
11	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.
10	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 "Storage Ring Measurements of the Dissociative Recombination of H₃⁺: A Closer Look" Eighth International Conference on Dissociative Recombination: Theory, Experiments and Applications, Granlibakken, Lake Tahoe, CA, 2010.
9	K. N. Crabtree, B. A. Tom, C. A. Kauffman and B. J. McCall "Nuclear Spin Dependence of the Reaction of H₃⁺ with H₂" Sixty-Fifth International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
8	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.
7	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.
6	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.
5	B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree and B. J. McCall "The H₃⁺ + H₂ Reaction: A Possible Mechanism for para-H₃⁺ Enrichment in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium" Inaugural Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, 2008.
4	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.
3	B. A. Tom, M. B. Wiczer, A. A. Mills, K. N. Crabtree, and B. J. McCall "Observation of Nuclear Spin Selection Rules in Supersonically Expanding Plasmas Containing H₃⁺" Sixty-Third International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2008.
2	B. A. Tom, B. J. McCall, Y. Miyamoto, and T. Momose "The Index of Refraction of Solid Hydrogen" Sixty-Second International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.
1	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 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy*, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2007.

Posters

8	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.
7	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.
6	C. A. Kauffman, K. N. Crabtree, B. A. Tom, E. Beçka and B. J. McCall "Experimental Measurements of the H₃⁺ + H₂ → H₃⁺ + H₂ Reaction in a Hollow Cathode" Midwest Astrochemistry Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2010.
5	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.
4	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.
3	L. E. Moore, M. Perera, B. A. Tom, Y. Miyamoto, M. W. Porambo, T. Momose and B. J. McCall "Index of Refraction of Solid para-Hydrogen" 2010 WCC Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Illinois, 2010.
2	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.
1	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" American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.

Other Publications

2	B. A. Tom "Nuclear Spin Dependence in Reactions of H₃⁺ in the Laboratory and the Interstellar Medium" Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2009.
1	B. A. Tom "Reactions Involving the Nuclear Spin Modifications of H₃⁺ and H₂; Implications for the Interstellar Medium" Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2008.

Pre-McCall Group Publications

Herbert, T., B.A. Tom, and C. Burnett,"Precise Major Component Determinations in Deep Sea Sediment Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy." Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta (1992), 56, 1759-1763.