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50 C. R. Markus
"Sensitive and high-precision rovibrational spectroscopy of molecular ions relevant to astronomical and quantum chemistry"
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2019.
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49 S. E. Dubowsky
"Characterization and Analysis of Ball Plasmoid Discharges"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2018.
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48 A. N. Rose
"Exploring the Effect of Cathode Size on the Observable and Electrical Properties of Ball Plasmoid Discharges"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2018.
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47 A. J. Perry
"High-Accuracy and High-Precision Infrared Spectroscopy of Fundamental Molecular Ions using Noise Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2016.
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46 J. N. Hodges
"The NICE-OHVMS Technique: Realizing the Full Potential of Precision Molecular Ion Spectroscopy"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2016.
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45 B. M. Siller and B. J. McCall
"Applications of NICE-OHMS to Molecular Spectroscopy"
Book Chapter, Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy and Sensing (Springer), 2014, 253-270.
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44 C. N. Talicska
"Progress in sensitive mid-infrared spectroscopy of cooled molecular ions"
M. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2016.
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43 N. C. Koeppen
"High-resolution spectroscopic studies of carbon-containing species"
M. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2016.
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42 G. S. Kocheril
"An Introduction to Noise-Immune Cavity Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2016.
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41 S. E. Dubowsky
"Spectroscopic Studies of Ball Plasmoid Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2016.
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40 B. M. Gibson
"High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Pursuit of C60 and Other Astrochemical Targets"
Ph.D Thesis, University of Illinois, 2015.
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39 M. W. Porambo
"Development of a sensitive mid-infrared spectrometer for the study of cooled molecular ions "
Ph.D Thesis, University of Illinois, 2015.
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38 C. R. Markus
"Progress in High-Precision Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions in the Mid-Infrared"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2015.
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37 N. C. Koeppen, B. M. Gibson and B. J. McCall
"Progress towards a rotationally-resolved spectrum of C60"
AstroPAH In Focus, Issue 22, 2015, 4-8.
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36 D. M. Friday
"In Pursuit of a Chemical and Phenomenological Understanding of Long-Living Atmospheric Pressure Water-Based Ball Plasmoids"
M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2014.
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35 A. J. Perry
"Advances in High-Resolution Spectroscopic Measurements of Molecular Ions in the Mid-Infrared"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2014.
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34 J. T. Stewart
"High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Large Molecules and Water Clusters Using Quantum Cascade Lasers"
Ph.D Thesis, University of Illinois, 2013.
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33 B. M. Siller
"New Techniques for Sub-Doppler Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions"
Ph.D Thesis, University of Illinois, 2013.
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32 B. M. Gibson
"Design of a Supercritical Fluid Expansion Source for Gas-Phse Spectroscopy of Fullerenes"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2013.
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31 J. N. Hodges
"Fluxional Molecules with Five Equivalent Atoms: Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of CH5+ and H5+"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2013.
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30 M. W. Porambo
"Molecular Ion Spectroscopy: New Methods and the Proposed Study of H2CO+"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2011.
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29 K. N. Crabtree
"Chemical Physics and Astrochemistry of H3+ and Sub Doppler Mid Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions"
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2012.
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28 A. A. Mills
"Design, Construction, and Characterization of an Ultra-sensitive, High-precision Fast Ion-Beam Spectrometer for the Study of Molecular Ions"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2011.
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27 N. Indriolo
"Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate in the Galactic Interstellar Medium through Observations of H3+"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2011.
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26 B. E. Brumfield
"Development of a Quantum Cascade Laser Based Spectrometer for High Resolution Spectroscopy of Gas Phase C60"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2011.
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25 J. T. Stewart
"High-Resolution Gas Phase Infrared Spectroscopy of Water Clusters and Cluster Ions Using Quantum Cascade Lasers"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2011.
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24 C. A. Kauffman
"The Nuclear Spin Dependence of the Reaction of H3+ with H2 and the Proposed Spectroscopic Investigation of HO2+"
M. S. Thesis, University of Ilinois, 2011.
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23 B. M. Siller
"Cavity Enhanced Velocity Modulation Spectroscopy of C2H5+"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2010.
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22 L. E. Moore
"Production, Crystallization, and Raman Shifting with para-Hydrogen"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2010.
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21 K. B. Ford
"Rotational Equilibrium of C2 in Interstellar Clouds"
M. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2009.
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20 K. N. Crabtree
"Design of a Continuous Supersonic Expansion Discharge Source for the Acquisition of a Rotationally-Cold Vibrational Spectrum of CH5+ with the SCRIBES Instrument"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, University of Illinois, 2009.
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19 B. A. Tom
"Nuclear Spin Dependence in Reactions of H3+ in the Laboratory and the Interstellar Medium"
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2009.
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18 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 B3Πg → A3Σu+ Band System of N2"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2009.
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17 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.
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16 N. Indriolo
"Astrochemical Constraints on the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate"
Research Prospectus for Preliminary Examination, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois, 2008.
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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 Examination, University of Illinois, 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 Examination, University of Illinois, 2007.
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13 D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall and K. Kirby
"Fare Astrofisica in Laboratorio"
Le Stelle, 2007, 60-68.
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12 B. Negru
"Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of the 14N2+ Meinel System 2-1 Band"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 2007.
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11 D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall and K. Kirby
"Kosmische Kryptologie"
Astronomie Heute, 2007, 29-35.
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10 D. W. Savin, B. J. McCall and K. Kirby
"Cosmic Code Breakers"
Sky and Telescope, 2007, 32-37.
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9 S. L. Widicus Weaver and B. J. McCall
"Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon (Book Review)"
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 2007, 724.
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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, University of Illinois, 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, University of Illinois, 2006.
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5 B. T. Pohrte
"Design of a High Temperature Supersonic Expansion Source"
B. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, 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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