McCarthy, Michael
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staffAstrochemistry; laboratory astrophysics of reactive molecules; microwave and laser spectroscopy.
Background And Education
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2019
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2017
Research And Grants
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Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Changala, P. Bryan, Genossar-Dan, Nadav, Baraban, Joshua H., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2024. "Laboratory rotational spectroscopy of the magnesium-carbon chains MgC4H and MgC3N." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2024.111904. 2024
- Byrne, Alex N., Xue, Ci, Cooke, Ilsa R., McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2023. "Astrochemical Modeling of Propargyl Radical Chemistry in TMC-1." The Astrophysical Journal, 957 88. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf863. 2023
- Remijan, Anthony, Scolati, Haley N., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Changala, P. Bryan, Charnley, Steven B., Cooke, Ilsa R., Cordiner, Martin A., Gupta, Harshal, Herbst, Eric, Kelvin Lee, Kin Long, Loomis, Ryan A., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Siebert, Mark A., Xue, Ci, McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2023. "Astronomical Detection of the Interstellar Anion C10H- toward TMC-1 from the GOTHAM Large Program on the Green Bank Telescope." The Astrophysical Journal, 944. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acb648. 2023
- Velilla-Prieto, L., Fonfría, J. P., Agúndez, M., Castro-Carrizo, A., Guélin, M., Quintana-Lacaci, G., Cherchneff, I., Joblin, C., McCarthy, M. C., Martín-Gago, J. A., and Cernicharo, J. 2023. "Atmospheric molecular blobs shape up circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars." Nature, 617 696–700. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05917-9. 2023
- Cooke, Ilsa R., Xue, Ci, Changala, P. Bryan, Shay, Hannah Toru, Byrne, Alex N., Tang, Qi Yu, Fried, Zachary T. P., Kelvin Lee, Kin Long, Loomis, Ryan A., Lamberts, Thanja, Remijan, Anthony, Burkhardt, Andrew M., Herbst, Eric, McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2023. "Detection of Interstellar E-1-cyano-1,3-butadiene in GOTHAM Observations of TMC-1." The Astrophysical Journal, 948 133. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc584. 2023
- Dorman, P. Matisha, Esselman, Brian J., Changala, P. Bryan, McCarthy, Michael C., Woods, R. Claude, and McMahon, Robert J. 2023. "Rotational spectra of twenty-one vibrational states of [35Cl]-and [37Cl]-chlorobenzene." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 394 111776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2023.111776. 2023
- Changala, P. Bryan, Genossar-Dan, Nadav, Brudner, Ella, Gur, Tomer, Baraban, Joshua H., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2023. "Structural and electronic trends of optical cycling centers in polyatomic molecules revealed by microwave spectroscopy of MgCCH, CaCCH, and SrCCH." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2303586120. 2023
- Thorwirth, Sven, Asvany, Oskar, Harding, Michael E., Jusko, Pavol, McCarthy, Michael C., Brünken, Sandra, and Schlemmer, Stephan. 2022. "Infrared action spectroscopy of fundamental nitrilium ions: Protonated vinyl- and ethyl cyanide." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 386 111615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2022.111615. 2022
- Changala, P. B., Gupta, H., Cernicharo, J., Pardo, J. R., Agúndez, M., Cabezas, C., Tercero, B., Guélin, M., and McCarthy, M. C. 2022. "Laboratory and Astronomical Discovery of Magnesium Dicarbide, MgC2." The Astrophysical Journal, 940 L42. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aca144. 2022
- Dorman, P. Matisha, Esselman, Brian J., Changala, P. Bryan, Kougias, Samuel M., McCarthy, Michael C., Woods, R. Claude, and McMahon, Robert J. 2022. "Rotational spectrum of anti- and gauche-4-cyano-1-butyne (C5H5N) - An open-chain isomer of pyridine." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 385 111604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2022.111604. 2022
- Carroll, P. Brandon, Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2021. "A high speed fitting program for rotational spectroscopy." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 379 111467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2021.111467. 2021
- Buchanan, Zachary, Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Chitarra, Olivia, McCarthy, Michael C., Pirali, Olivier, and Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline. 2021. "A rotational and vibrational investigation of phenylpropiolonitrile (C6H5C3N)." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2021.111425. 2021
- Loomis, Ryan A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Charnley, Steven B., Cordiner, Martin A., Herbst, Eric, Kalenskii, Sergei, Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Willis, Eric R., Xue, Ci, Remijan, Anthony J., McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2021. "An investigation of spectral line stacking techniques and application to the detection of HC11N." Nature Astronomy, 5 188–196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01261-4. 2021
- McCarthy, Michael C., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Porterfield, Jessica P., Changala, P. Bryan, and Eckhardt, André K. 2021. "Carbon-13 studies of sulphur-terminated carbon chains: chemical bonding, molecular structures, and formation pathways." Molecular Physics, 119 e1975052. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2021.1975052. 2021
- McGuire, Brett A., Loomis, Ryan A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Shingledecker, Christopher N., Charnley, Steven B., Cooke, Ilsa R., Cordiner, Martin A., Herbst, Eric, Kalenskii, Sergei, Siebert, Mark A., Willis, Eric R., Xue, Ci, Remijan, Anthony J., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2021. "Detection of two interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via spectral matched filtering." Science, 371 1265–1269. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb7535. 2021
- Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Loomis, Ryan A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Cooke, Ilsa R., Xue, Ci, Siebert, Mark A., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Remijan, Anthony, Charnley, Steven B., McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2021. "Discovery of Interstellar trans-cyanovinylacetylene (HC ≡ CCH = CHC ≡ N) and vinylcyanoacetylene (H2C = CHC3N) in GOTHAM Observations of TMC-1." The Astrophysical Journal, 908 L11. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abdbb9. 2021
- Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Changala, P. Bryan, Loomis, Ryan A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Xue, Ci, Cordiner, Martin A., Charnley, Steven B., McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2021. "Interstellar Detection of 2-cyanocyclopentadiene, C5H5CN, a Second Five-membered Ring toward TMC-1." The Astrophysical Journal, 910 L2. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abe764. 2021
- McCarthy, Michael C., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Loomis, Ryan A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Charnley, Steven B., Cordiner, Martin A., Herbst, Eric, Kalenskii, Sergei, Willis, Eric R., Xue, Ci, Remijan, Anthony J., and McGuire, Brett A. 2021. "Interstellar detection of the highly polar five-membered ring cyanocyclopentadiene." Nature Astronomy, 5 176–180. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01213-y. 2021
- Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Patterson, Jacqueline, Burkhardt, Andrew M., Vankayalapati, Vivek, McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2021. "Machine Learning of Interstellar Chemical Inventories." The Astrophysical Journal, 917 L6. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac194b. 2021
- Tarabukin, I. V., Surin, L. A., Hermanns, M., Heyne, B., Schlemmer, S., Lee, K. L. K., McCarthy, Michael C., and van der Avoird, A. 2021. "Rotational spectroscopy and bound state calculations of deuterated NH3-H2 van der Waals complexes." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 377 111442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2021.111442. 2021
- Endres, Christian P., Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, Zingsheim, Oliver, Bonah, Luis, Pirali, Olivier, Zhang, Tianwei, Sanchez-Monge, Alvaro, Moeller, Thomas, Wehres, Nadine, Schilke, Peter, McCarthy, Michael C., Schlemmer, Stephan, Caselli, Paola, and Thorwirth, Sven. 2021. "SOLEIL and ALMA views on prototypical organic nitriles: C2H5CN." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 375 111392–111392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2020.111392. 2021
- Burkhardt, Andrew M., Loomis, Ryan A., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Remijan, Anthony J., McCarthy, Michael C., and McGuire, Brett A. 2021. "Ubiquitous aromatic carbon chemistry at the earliest stages of star formation." Nature Astronomy, 5 181–187. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01253-4. 2021
- Quintas-Sánchez, Ernesto, Dawes, Richard, Lee, Kelvin, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2020. "Automated Construction of Potential Energy Surfaces Suitable to Describe van der Waals Complexes with Highly Excited Nascent Molecules: The Rotational Spectra of Ar─CS(v) and Ar─SiS(v)." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124 4445–4454. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02685. 2020
- Thorwirth, Sven, Harding, Michael E., Asvany, Oskar, Brünken, Sandra, Jusko, Pavol, Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Salomon, Thomas, McCarthy, Michael C., and Schlemmer, Stephan. 2020. "Descendant of the X-ogen carrier and a 'mass of 69': infrared action spectroscopic detection of HC3O and HC3S ." Molecular Physics, 118 e1776409. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2020.1776409. 2020
- Raymond, Alexander W., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, McCarthy, Michael C., Drouin, Brian J., and Mazur, Eric. 2020. "Detecting Laser-Volatilized Salts with a Miniature 100-GHz Spectrometer." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124 1429–1436. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10548. 2020
- Xue, Ci, Willis, Eric R., Loomis, Ryan A., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Burkhardt, Andrew M., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Charnley, Steven B., Cordiner, Martin A., Kalenskii, Sergei, McCarthy, Michael C., Herbst, Eric, Remijan, Anthony J., and McGuire, Brett A. 2020. "Detection of Interstellar HC4NC and an Investigation of Isocyanopolyyne Chemistry under TMC-1 Conditions." The Astrophysical Journal, 900 L9. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aba631. 2020
- McGuire, Brett A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Loomis, Ryan A., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Charnley, Steven B., Cordiner, Martin A., Herbst, Eric, Kalenskii, Sergei, Momjian, Emmanuel, Willis, Eric R., Xue, Ci, Remijan, Anthony J., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2020. "Early Science from GOTHAM: Project Overview, Methods, and the Detection of Interstellar Propargyl Cyanide (HCCCH2CN) in TMC-1." The Astrophysical Journal, 900 L10. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aba632. 2020
- McCarthy, Michael C., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Carroll, P. Brandon, Porterfield, Jessica P., Changala, P. Bryan, Thorpe, James H., and Stanton, John F. 2020. "Exhaustive Product Analysis of Three Benzene Discharges by Microwave Spectroscopy." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124 5170–5181. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02919. 2020
- McCarthy, Michael C. and Lee, Kin Long Kelvin. 2020. "Molecule Identification with Rotational Spectroscopy and Probabilistic Deep Learning." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124 3002–3017. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01376. 2020
- Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, Porterfield, Jessica P., Goubet, Manuel, Asselin, Pierre, Georges, Robert, Soulard, Pascale, Nava, Matthew, Changala, P. Bryan, Billinghurst, Brant, Pirali, Olivier, McCarthy, Michael C., and Baraban, Joshua H. 2020. "Synchrotron-Based High Resolution Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of trans-Butadiene." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124 2427–2435. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00623. 2020
- McCarthy, Michael C., Gottlieb, Carl A., and Cernicharo, Jose. 2019. "Building blocks of dust: A coordinated laboratory and astronomical study of the archtype AGB carbon star IRC 10216." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 356 7–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2018.11.018. 2019
- Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, Lattanzi, Valerio, McGuire, Brett A., Caselli, Paola, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2019. "Gas phase detection and rotational spectroscopy of ethynethiol, HCCSH." Molecular Physics, 117 1381–1391. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2018.1552028. 2019
- Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, McGuire, Brett A., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2019. "Gas-phase synthetic pathways to benzene and benzonitrile: a combined microwave and thermochemical investigation." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Incorporating Faraday Transactions), 21 2946–2956. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP06070C. 2019
- Porterfield, Jessica P., Satterthwaite, Lincoln, Eibenberger, Sandra, Patterson, David, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2019. "High sensitivity microwave spectroscopy in a cryogenic buffer gas cell." Review of Scientific Instruments, 90 053104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5091773. 2019
- McGuire, Brett A., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Willis, Eric R., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, Blake, Geoffrey A., Brogan, Crystal L., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Caselli, Paola, Chuang, Ko-Ju, El-Abd, Samer, Hunter, Todd R., Ioppolo, Sergio, Linnartz, Harold, Remijan, Anthony J., Xue, Ci, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2019. "Searches for Interstellar HCCSH and H2CCS." The Astrophysical Journal, 883 201. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab3b01. 2019
- Martin-Drumel, Marei-Aline, Lee, K. L. K., Belloche, A., Zingsheim, O., Thorwirth, S., Müller, H. S. P., Lewen, F., Garrod, R. T., Menten, K. M., McCarthy, Michael C., and Schlemmer, S. 2019. "Submillimeter spectroscopy and astronomical searches of vinyl mercaptan, C2H3SH." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 623 A167. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935032. 2019
- Burkhardt, A. M., Herbst, E., Kalenskii, S. V., McCarthy, M. C., Remijan, A. J., and McGuire, B. A. 2018. "Detection of HC5N and HC7N Isotopologues in TMC-1 with the Green Bank Telescope." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474 5068–5075. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2972. 2018
- McGuire, Brett A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Kalenskii, Sergei, Shingledecker, Christopher N., Remijan, Anthony J., Herbst, Eric, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2018. "Detection of the aromatic molecule benzonitrile (c-C6H5CN) in the interstellar medium." Science, 359 202–205. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao4890. 2018
- Thorwirth, Sven, Harding, Michael E., Dudek, John B., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2018. "Equilibrium molecular structures of vinyl carbon chains: Vinyl acetylene, vinyl diacetylene, and vinyl cyanide." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 350 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2018.05.001. 2018
- Lattanzi, Valerio, Spezzano, Silvia, Laas, Jacob C., Chantzos, Johanna, Bizzocchi, Luca, Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, McCarthy, Michael C., and Caselli, Paola. 2018. "HSCO and DSCO : a multi-technique approach in the laboratory for the spectroscopy of interstellar ions." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 620 A184. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834340. 2018
- McCarthy, Michael C., Ndengué, Steve Alexandre, and Dawes, Richard. 2018. "The rotational spectrum and potential energy surface of the Ar-SiO complex." Journal of Chemical Physics, 149 134308. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5048202. 2018
- McCarthy, Michael C., Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, and Stanton, John F. 2017. "Detection and structural characterization of nitrosamide H2NNO: A central intermediate in deNOx processes." Journal of Chemical Physics, 147 134301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4992097. 2017
- McGuire, Brett A., Burkhardt, Andrew M., Shingledecker, Christopher N., Kalenskii, Sergei V., Herbst, Eric, Remijan, Anthony J., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2017. "Detection of Interstellar HC5O in TMC-1 with the Green Bank Telescope." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 843 L28. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa7ca3. 2017
- Cernicharo, J., Agúndez, M., Velilla Prieto, L., Guélin, M., Pardo, J. R., Kahane, C., Marka, C., Kramer, C., Navarro, S., Quintana-Lacaci, G., Fonfría, J. P., Marcelino, N., Tercero, B., Moreno, E., Massalkhi, S., Santander-García, M., McCarthy, M. C., Gottlieb, C. A., and Alonso, J. L. 2017. "Discovery of methyl silane and confirmation of silyl cyanide in IRC 10216." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 606 L5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731672. 2017
- Agúndez, M., Cernicharo, J., Quintana-Lacaci, G., Castro-Carrizo, A., Velilla Prieto, L., Marcelino, N., Guélin, M., Joblin, C., Martín-Gago, J. A., Gottlieb, C. A., Patel, N. A., and McCarthy, M. C. 2017. "Growth of carbon chains in IRC 10216 mapped with ALMA." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 601 A4. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201630274. 2017
- Surin, L. A., Tarabukin, I. V., Schlemmer, S., Breier, A. A., Giesen, T. F., McCarthy, M. C., and van der Avoird, A. 2017. "Rotational Spectroscopy of the NH3-H2 Molecular Complex." The Astrophysical Journal, 838 27. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa615a. 2017
- McCarthy, Michael C., Zou, Luyao, and Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline. 2017. "To kink or not: A search for long-chain cumulenones using microwave spectral taxonomy." Journal of Chemical Physics, 146 154301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4981125. 2017
- Spezzano, S., Gupta, H., Brünken, S., Gottlieb, C. A., Caselli, P., Menten, K. M., Müller, H. S. P., Bizzocchi, L., Schilke, P., McCarthy, M. C., and Schlemmer, S. 2016. "A study of the C3H2 isomers and isotopologues: first interstellar detection of HDCCC." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 586 A110. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527460. 2016
- Thorwirth, S., Martin-Drumel, M. A., Endres, C. P., Salomon, T., Zingsheim, O., van Wijngaarden, J., Pirali, O., Gruet, S., Lewen, F., Schlemmer, S., and McCarthy, M. C. 2016. "An ASAP treatment of vibrationally excited S2O: The ?3 mode and the ?3 ?2 - ?2 hot band." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 319 47–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2015.12.009. 2016
- Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, McCarthy, Michael C., Patterson, David, McGuire, Brett A., and Crabtree, Kyle N. 2016. "Automated microwave double resonance spectroscopy: A tool to identify and characterize chemical compounds." Journal of Chemical Physics, 144 124202. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944089. 2016
- Nguyen, Thanh Lam, McCaslin, Laura, McCarthy, Michael C., and Stanton, John F. 2016. "Communication: Thermal unimolecular decomposition of syn-CH3CHOO: A kinetic study." Journal of Chemical Physics, 145 131102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4964393. 2016
- Martin-Drumel, M. A., Roucou, A., Brown, G. G., Thorwirth, S., Pirali, O., Mouret, G., Hindle, F., McCarthy, M. C., and Cuisset, A. 2016. "High resolution spectroscopy of six SOCl2 isotopologues from the microwave to the far-infrared." Journal of Chemical Physics, 144 084305. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942024. 2016
- McCarthy, Michael C., Martinez, Oscar, McGuire, Brett A., Crabtree, Kyle N., Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, and Stanton, John F. 2016. "Isotopic studies of trans- and cis-HOCO using rotational spectroscopy: Formation, chemical bonding, and molecular structures." Journal of Chemical Physics, 144 124304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944070. 2016
- Crabtree, Kyle N., Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, Brown, Gordon G., Gaster, Sydney A., Hall, Taylor M., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2016. "Microwave spectral taxonomy: A semi-automated combination of chirped-pulse and cavity Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy." Journal of Chemical Physics, 144 124201. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944072. 2016
- McCarthy, Michael C., Crabtree, Kyle N., Martin-Drumel, Marie-Aline, Martinez, Oscar, Jr., McGuire, Brett A., and Gottlieb, Carl A. 2015. "A Laboratory Study of C3H and the C3H Radical in Three New Vibrationally Excited 2S States Using a Pin-Hole Nozzle Discharge Source." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 217 10. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/217/1/10. 2015
- Reilly, Neil J., Changala, P. Bryan, Baraban, Joshua H., Kokkin, Damian L., Stanton, John F., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2015. "Communication: The ground electronic state of Si2C: Rovibrational level structure, quantum monodromy, and astrophysical implications." Journal of Chemical Physics, 142 231101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922651. 2015
- Cernicharo, J., McCarthy, M. C., Gottlieb, C. A., Agúndez, M., Velilla Prieto, L., Baraban, J. H., Changala, P. B., Guélin, M., Kahane, C., Martin-Drumel, M. A., Patel, Nimesh A., Reilly, N. J., Stanton, J. F., Quintana-Lacaci, G., Thorwirth, S., and Young, K. H. 2015. "Discovery of SiCSi in IRC 10216: A Missing Link between Gas and Dust Carriers of Si&ndashC Bonds." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 806 L3. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/806/1/L3. 2015
- Cooksy, Andrew L., Gottlieb, C. A., Killian, T. C., Thaddeus, P., Patel, Nimesh A., Young, Ken H., and McCarthy, M. C. 2015. "Vibrationally Excited C4H." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 216 30. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/216/2/30. 2015
- Zaleski, Daniel P., Seifert, Nathan A., Steber, Amanda L., Muckle, Matt T., Loomis, Ryan A., Corby, Joanna F., Martinez, Oscar, Jr., Crabtree, Kyle N., Jewell, Philip R., Hollis, Jan M., Lovas, Frank J., Vasquez, David, Nyiramahirwe, Jolie, Sciortino, Nicole, Johnson, Kennedy, McCarthy, Michael C., Remijan, Anthony J., and Pate, Brooks H. 2013. "Detection of E-Cyanomethanimine toward Sagittarius B2(N) in the Green Bank Telescope PRIMOS Survey." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 765 L10. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/765/1/L10. 2013
- McCarthy, Michael C., Martinez, Oscar, Crabtree, Kyle N., Lattanzi, Valerio, Novick, Stewart E., and Thorwirth, Sven. 2013. "Detection of Nitrogen-Protonated Nitrous Oxide (HNNO ) by Rotational Spectroscopy." Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117 9968–9974. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp4002065. 2013
- Martinez, Oscar, Lattanzi, Valerio, Thorwirth, Sven, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2013. "Detection of protonated vinyl cyanide, CH2CHCNH , a prototypical branched nitrile cation." Journal of Chemical Physics, 138 4316. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4793316. 2013
- Spezzano, S., Brünken, S., Schilke, P., Caselli, P., Menten, K. M., McCarthy, M. C., Bizzocchi, L., Trevinõ-Morales, S. P., Aikawa, Y., and Schlemmer, S. 2013. "Interstellar Detection of c-C3D2." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 769 L19. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/769/2/L19. 2013
- Gupta, H., Gottlieb, C. A., Lattanzi, V., Pearson, J. C., and McCarthy, M. C. 2013. "Laboratory Measurements and Tentative Astronomical Identification of H2NCO ." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 778 L1. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/778/1/L1. 2013
- McCarthy, Michael C., Lattanzi, Valerio, Martinez, Oscar, Jr., Gauss, Jürgen, and Thorwirth, Sven. 2013. "Spectroscopic Detection and Structure of Hydroxidooxidosulfur (HOSO) Radical, an Important Intermediate in the Chemistry of Sulfur-Bearing Compounds." J.Phys.Chem.Lett., 4 4074–4079. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz4021537. 2013
- Loomis, Ryan A., Zaleski, Daniel P., Steber, Amanda L., Neill, Justin L., Muckle, Matthew T., Harris, Brent J., Hollis, Jan M., Jewell, Philip R., Lattanzi, Valerio, Lovas, Frank J., Martinez, Oscar, Jr., McCarthy, Michael C., Remijan, Anthony J., Pate, Brooks H., and Corby, Joanna F. 2013. "The Detection of Interstellar Ethanimine (CH3CHNH) from Observations Taken during the GBT PRIMOS Survey." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 765 L9. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/765/1/L9. 2013
- Spezzano, S., Tamassia, F., Thorwirth, S., Thaddeus, P., Gottlieb, C. A., and McCarthy, M. C. 2012. "A High-resolution Isotopic Study of the Rotational Spectrum of c-C3H2." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 200 1. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/200/1/1. 2012
- Neill, Justin L., Muckle, Matt T., Zaleski, Daniel P., Steber, Amanda L., Pate, Brooks H., Lattanzi, Valerio, Spezzano, Silvia, McCarthy, Michael C., and Remijan, Anthony J. 2012. "Laboratory and Tentative Interstellar Detection of Trans-Methyl Formate Using the Publicly Available Green Bank Telescope Primos Survey." The Astrophysical Journal, 755 153. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/153. 2012
- Lattanzi, V., Thorwirth, S., Gottlieb, C. A., and McCarthy, M. C. 2012. "Two Isomers of Protonated Isocyanic Acid: Evidence for an Ion-Molecule Pathway for HNCO- HOCN Isomerization." J.Phys.Chem.Lett.Vol.3, p.3420-3424, 3 3420–3424. 2012
- Patel, Nimesh A., Young, Ken H., Gottlieb, Carl A., Thaddeus, Patrick, Wilson, Robert W., Menten, Karl M., Reid, Mark J., McCarthy, Michael C., Cernicharo, José, He, JinHua, Brünken, Sandra, Trung, Dinh-V, and Keto, Eric R. 2011. "An Interferometric Spectral-line Survey of IRC 10216 in the 345 GHz Band." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 193 17. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/193/1/17. 2011
- McCarthy, Michael C., Gottlieb, Carl A., Thaddeus, Patrick, Thorwirth, Sven, and Gauss, Jürgen. 2011. "Rotational spectra and equilibrium structures of H2SiS and Si2S." Journal of Chemical Physics, 134 4306. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3510732. 2011
- Kokkin, D. L., Brünken, S., Young, K. H., Patel, Nimesh A., Gottlieb, C. A., Thaddeus, P., and McCarthy, M. C. 2011. "The Rotational Spectra of 29SiC2 and 30SiC2." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 196 17. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/196/2/17. 2011
- Halfen, D. T., Clouthier, D. J., Ziurys, L. M., Lattanzi, V., McCarthy, Michael C., Thaddeus, P., and Thorwirth, S. 2011. "The pure rotational spectrum of HPS (X~1A'): Chemical bonding in second-row elements." Journal of Chemical Physics, 134, (13) 134302–134309. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3562374. 2011
- Lattanzi, V., Gottlieb, C. A., Thaddeus, P., Thorwirth, S., and McCarthy, M. C. 2011. "The rotational spectrum of protonated sulfur dioxide, HOSO ." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 533 L11. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117753. 2011
- Agúndez, M., Cernicharo, José, Guélin, M., Kahane, C., Roueff, E., Klos, J.,, Aoiz, F. J., Lique, F., Marcelino, N., Goicoechea, J. R., González García, M., Gottlieb, C. A., McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, P. 2010. "Astronomical identification of CN-, the smallest observed molecular anion." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 517 L2. 2010
- Lattanzi, Valerio, Thaddeus, Patrick, McCarthy, Michael C., and Thorwirth, Sven. 2010. "Laboratory detection of protonated SO2 in two isomeric forms." Journal of Chemical Physics, 133 4305. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491510. 2010
- Lattanzi, V., Gottlieb, C. A., Thaddeus, P., Thorwirth, S., and McCarthy, Michael C. 2010. "The Rotational Spectrum of the NCO– Anion." The Astrophysical Journal, 720 1717–1720. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/720/2/1717. 2010
- Gottlieb, C. A., McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, P. 2010. "Vibrationally Excited C6H." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 189 261–269. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/189/2/261. 2010
- Gupta, H., Gottlieb, C. A., McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, P. 2009. "A Survey of C4H, C6H, and C6H With the Green Bank Telescope." The Astrophysical Journal, 691 1494–1500. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/1494. 2009
- Mladenović, Mirjana, Lewerenz, Marius, McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, Patrick. 2009. "Isofulminic acid, HONC: Ab initio theory and microwave spectroscopy." Journal of Chemical Physics, 131 4308. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3257680. 2009
- Brünken, S., Gottlieb, C. A., McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, P. 2009. "Laboratory Detection of HOCN and Tentative Identification in Sgr B2." The Astrophysical Journal, 697 880–885. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/880. 2009
- McCarthy, Michael C., Tamassia, F., Woon, D. E., and Thaddeus, P. 2008. "A laboratory and theoretical study of silicon hydroxide SiOH." Journal of Chemical Physics, 129 4301. 2008
- Cernicharo, José, Gulin, M., Agndez, M., McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, P. 2008. "Detection of C5N- and Vibrationally Excited C6H in IRC 10216." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 688 L83–L86. 2008
- McCarthy, Michael C. and Thaddeus, P. 2008. "High-resolution rotational spectroscopy of the carbon chain anions C3N-, C4H-, and C4D-." Journal of Chemical Physics, 129 4314. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2960626. 2008
- Thorwirth, S., Gauss, J., McCarthy, Michael C., Shindo, F., and Thaddeus, P. 2008. "Rotational spectrum and equilibrium structure of silanethione, H2Si=S." Chemical Communications, 44 5292. 2008
- Agndez, M., Cernicharo, José, Gulin, M., Gerin, M., McCarthy, Michael C., and Thaddeus, P. 2008. "Search for anions in molecular sources: C4H detection in L1527." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 478 L19–L22. 2008
- Jackson, Michael, Zink, Lyndon R., McCarthy, Michael C., Perez, Luis, and Brown, John M. 2008. "The far-infrared and microwave spectra of the CH radical in the v = 1 level of the X2Pi state." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 247 128–139. 2008
- McCarthy, Michael C. and Thaddeus, P. 2007. "Laboratory detection of the elusive HSCO isomer." Journal of Chemical Physics, 127 1104. 2007
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