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Peer-Reviewed Journals

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, 5, 321 (2004)
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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, A. E. Orel
Resonant Ion-Pair Formation in Electron Collisions with Rovibrationally Cold H3+
Physical Review A, 69, 022713 (2004)
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21. M. Adamkovics, G. A. Blake, and B. J. McCall
Observations of Rotationally Resolved C3 in Translucent Sight Lines
Astrophysical Journal, 595, 235 (2003)
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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, 374, 583 (2003)
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19. J. L. Gottfried, B. J. McCall, and T. Oka
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of H3+ Above the Barrier to Linearity
Journal of Chemical Physics, 118, 10890 (2003)
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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, 422, 500 (2003)
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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, 82, 1350 (2003)
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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, 584, 339 (2003)
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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, 582, 823 (2003)
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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, 54, 951 (2002)
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13. T. P. Snow, D. E. Welty, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, B. J. McCall, P. Sonnentrucker, D. G. York
Unusually Weak Diffuse Interstellar Bands toward HD 62542
Astrophysical Journal, 573, 670 (2002)
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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 Letters, 567, L145 (2002)
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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, 567, 391 (2002)
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10. C. M. Lindsay and B. J. McCall
Comprehensive Evaluation and Compilation of H3+ Spectroscopy
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 210, 60 (2001)
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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, 559, L49 (2001)
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8. B. J. McCall
Laboratory Spectroscopy of H3+
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A358, 2385 (2000)
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7. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Combination Band Spectroscopy of H3+
Journal of Chemical Physics, 113, 3104 (2000)
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6. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
H3+ -- an Ion with Many Talents (Perspective)
Science, 287, 1941 (2000)
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5. B. J. McCall, D. G. York, and T. Oka
Observations of Diffuse Interstellar Bands Attributed to C7-
Astrophysical Journal, 531, 329 (2000)
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4. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observations of H3+ in Dense Molecular Clouds
Astrophysical Journal, 522, 338 (1999)
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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, 510, 251 (1999)
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2. B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
H3+ in Dense and Diffuse Clouds
Faraday Discussions, vol. 109, 267 (1998)
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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, 279, 1910 (1998)
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Conference Proceedings

8. M. Goto, B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, T. Usuda, N. Kobayashi, H. Terada, and T. Oka
Observation of Interstellar H3+ Using Subaru IRCS: The Galactic Center
Proceedings of the 8th International Astronomical Union Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting ASP Conference Series, in press
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7. B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. Welty, T. P. Snow, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, S. Friedman, T. Oka, and D. G. York
Early Results from the APO Diffuse Interstellar Band Survey
Proceedings of NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, NASA CP-2002-211863, pp. 138-140.
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6. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Enigma of H3+ in diffuse interstellar clouds
Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons , ed. S. L. Guberman (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York), 2003, pp. 365-371.
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5. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Spectroscopy and Dynamics of H3+ in the Laboratory and in Space
Proceedings of the Laboratory Space Science Workshop, pp. 52-55, 1998
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4. T. R. Geballe, B. J. McCall, and T. Oka
Recent Observations of H3+ in Molecular Clouds
Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 132, 1998 eds. J. L. Yun and R. Liseau, pp. 72-75.
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3. M. Coward, J. M. Grunsfeld, B. J. McCall, and A. Ratner
Construction of the GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector (G-056)
Proceedings of the 1995 NASA Shuttle Small Payloads Symposium, NASA CP-3310, pp. 203-212
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2. B. J. McCall
The GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector
Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1994
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1. B. J. McCall, J. M. Grunsfeld, S. D. Sobajic, C. L. Chang, D. M. Krum, A. Ratner, J. E. Trittschuh
The GAMCIT Gamma-Ray Burst Detector
Proceedings of the 1993 NASA Shuttle Small Payload Symposium, NASA CP-3233, pp. 47-56
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Conference Presentations


24. B. J. McCall
H3+: "A Beautiful Jewel of Nature"
Jewels in Spectroscopy, in honor of Takeshi Oka, Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 2003
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23. 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 Storage Ring Measurement of Dissociative Recombination Rate of Rotationally Cold H3+
Fifty-eighth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 2003
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22. B. J. McCall, B. L. Rachford, T. P. Snow, S. D. Friedman, P. Sonnentrucker, J. A. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, T. Oka, D. E. Welty, and D. G. York
Correlations Among the Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Fifty-eighth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 2003
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21. B. J. McCall, A. J. Huneycutt, R. Casaes, R. J. Saykally, C. M. Lindsay, T. Oka, M. Fushitani, Y. Miyamoto, and T. Momose
Generation of Infrared Radiation by Stimulated Raman Scattering in Liquid and Solid Parahydrogen
Fifty-eighth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 2003
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20. B. J. McCall
The Diffuse Interstellar Bands and Carbon Chains
Workshop on Interstellar and Solar System Carbon Compounds, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, November 13, 2002
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19. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, M. Goto, N. Kobayashi, H. Terada, T. Usuda, and T. Oka (presented by T. Oka)
Observations of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Fifty-seventh Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 17-21, 2002
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18. B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. Welty, T. P. Snow, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, S. Friedman, T. Oka, and D. G. York
Preliminary Results from the APO Diffuse Interstellar Band Survey
Fifty-seventh Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 17-21, 2002
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17. B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. Welty, T. P. Snow, B. Rachford, P. Sonnentrucker, S. Friedman, T. Oka, and D. G. York
Early Results from the APO Diffuse Interstellar Band Survey" (poster)
NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, Moffett Field, California, May 1-3, 2002
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16. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Enigma of H3+ in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds
International Symposium on the Dissociative Recombination of Molecules with Electrons, Chicago, IL, August 26-30, 2001
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15. B. J. McCall, J. Thorburn, L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York, and T. Oka
Is C7- Really a Diffuse Interstellar Band Carrier?
Fifty-sixth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 11-15, 2001
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14. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, V. V. Smith, G. Moriarty-Schieven, S. Takano, and T. Oka
H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium toward HD 183143
Fifty-sixth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 11-15, 2001
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13. B. J. McCall
Laboratory Spectroscopy of H3+
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on "Astronomy, Physics, and Chemistry of H3+", London, England, February 9-10, 2000
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12. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka,
Observations of H3+, the Initiator of Interstellar Chemistry
Enrico Fermi Institute Mini-Symposium on "Recent Developments in the Astrophysics of Interstellar Atoms and Molecules", Chicago, November 12, 1999

11. B. J. McCall, D. G. York, and T. Oka
C7- and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Fifty-fourth Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 14-18, 1999
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10. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observations of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
194th (Centennial) Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Chicago, Illinois, June 1, 1999
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9. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observations of Interstellar H3+
Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20-26, 1999
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8. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observation of H3+ in Dense and Diffuse Clouds
193rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Austin, Texas, January 5-9, 1999 (poster)
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7. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
Observation of Interstellar H3+ II. Diffuse Clouds
Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, California, July 6-11, 1998 (poster)
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6. T. Oka and B. J. McCall
Observation of Interstellar H3+ I. Dense Molecular Clouds
Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, California, July 6-11, 1998 (poster)
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5. B. J. McCall, T. R. Geballe, K. H. Hinkle, and T. Oka
Observation of H3+ in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
Fifty-third Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 15-19, 1998
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4. B. J. McCall, T. R. Huet, J. K. G. Watson, and T. Oka
Overtone and Combination Band Spectroscopy of H3+
Fifty-third Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 15-19, 1998
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3. B. J. McCall and T. Oka
H3+ in Dense and Diffuse Clouds
Faraday Discussion No. 109, Chemistry and Physics of Molecules and Grains in Space, Nottingham, UK, April 14-16, 1998
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2. B. McCall, T. Geballe, K. Hinkle, and T. Oka
The Interstellar Chemist's Most Insightful Tool: H3+ Observed in a Variety of Astronomical Environments
Thirteenth Annual University of Waterloo Symposium on Chemical Physics, Waterloo, October 24-26, 1997
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1. B. J. McCall, K. H. Hinkle, T. R. Geballe, and T. Oka
Observation of Interstellar H3+
Fifty-second Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio, June 16-20, 1997
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Preprints

 
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Other Publications

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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