McCarthy, Michael

Fellowship Advisor

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory staff

Astrochemistry; laboratory astrophysics of reactive molecules; microwave and laser spectroscopy.

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

selected publications

article
- Carroll, P. Brandon, Lee, Kin Long Kelvin, and McCarthy, Michael C. 2021. "A high speed fitting program for rotational spectroscopy." Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 111467. 379, 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, San Diego, California: Academic Press Incorporated Elsevier Science. 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
- 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, L6. 917, 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. IOP Publishing, 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. IOP Publishing, 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. IOP Publishing, 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. IOP Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/778/1/L1. 2013
- Kaminski, T., Gottlieb, C. A., Menten, K. M., Patel, Nimesh A., Young, K. H., Brünken, S., Müller, H. S. P., McCarthy, M. C., Winters, J. M., and Decin, L. 2013. "Pure rotational spectra of TiO and TiO2 in VY Canis Majoris." Astronomy and Astrophysics 551:113. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220290 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. IOP Publishing, 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. IOP Publishing. 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
- McCarthy, Michael C. and Thaddeus, P. 2007. "Laboratory detection of the elusive HSCO isomer." Journal of Chemical Physics 127:1104. 2007
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

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