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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1942 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Overview

A. R. W. McKellar is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of chemistry and physics and astronomy, with significant contributions in spectroscopy, atomic and molecular physics, and optics. The scientist has published extensively in areas including atmospheric science and inorganic chemistry.

Their main research topics include spectroscopy and laser applications, advanced chemical physics studies, molecular spectroscopy and structure, atmospheric ozone and climate, quantum and superfluid helium dynamics, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and inorganic fluorides and related compounds.

Frequent coauthors with whom McKellar has collaborated include:

  • N. Moazzen-Ahmadi
  • A. J. Barclay
  • Andrea Pietropolli Charmet
  • N. Moazzen-Ahmadi

They have published research in several venues, notably:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Recent papers authored or coauthored by McKellar include:

  • Spectra of CO2-N2 dimer in the 4.2 μm region: Symmetry breaking of the intramolecular CO2 bend, the intermolecular bend, and higher K-values for the fundamental (2020), The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • New infrared spectra of CO2 - Ne: Fundamental for CO2 -22Ne isotopologue, intermolecular bend, and symmetry breaking of the intramolecular CO2 bend (2021), Chemical Physics Letters
  • Doped rare gas clusters up to completion of first solvation shell, CO2-(Rg)n, n = 3-17, Rg = Ar, Kr, Xe (2023), The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Infrared spectra of both isomers of CO2-CO in the CO2 v3 region (2021), Molecular Physics
  • Weakly-bound clusters of atmospheric molecules: infrared spectra and structural calculations of (CO2)n-(CO)m-(N2)p, (n,m,p) = (2,1,0), (2,0,1), (1,2,0), (1,0,2), (1,1,1), (1,3,0), (1,0,3), (1,2,1), (1,1,2) (2022), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

A. R. W. McKellar has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, receiving this honor in 1942 and again in 1990 with citation to the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Far infrared laser magnetic resonance of singlet methylene: Singlet–triplet perturbations, singlet–triplet transitions, and the singlet–triplet splittinga)

    A. R. W. McKellar;P. R. Bunker;Trevor J. Sears;K. M. Evenson

  • Quantum Solvation of Carbonyl Sulfide with Helium Atoms

    Jian Tang;Yunjie Xu;A. R. W. McKellar;Wolfgang Jäger

  • THE ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM AND HYPERFINE STRUCTURE OF THE METHYLENE RADICAL CH2 STUDIED BY FAR INFRARED LASER MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

    T. J. Sears;P. R. Bunker;A. R. W. Mckellar;K. M. Evenson

  • Infrared spectrum and potential energy surface of He–CO

    Claudio E. Chuaqui;Robert J. Le Roy;A. R. W. McKellar

  • The infrared spectrum of the ν2 fundamental band of the molecular ion

    J. K. G. Watson;S. C. Foster;A. R. W. McKellar

  • Spectroscopic studies of quantum solvation in 4HeN-N2O clusters.

    Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger;Jian Tang;A. R. W. McKellar

  • Anisotropic Intermolecular Force Effects in Spectra of H2– and D2–Rare‐Gas Complexes

    A. R. W. McKellar;H. L. Welsh

  • THE NO DIMER : 15N ISOTOPIC INFRARED SPECTRA, LINE-WIDTHS, AND FORCE FIELD

    A. R. W. McKellar;J. K. G. Watson;B. J. Howard

  • Laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the ν3 fundamental band of HO2 at 9.1 μm

    J. W. C. Johns;A. R. W. McKellar;M. Riggin

  • The ν3 fundamental bands of HN+2, DN+2, and DCO+

    S. C. Foster;A. R. W. McKellar

  • Bridging the Gap between Small Clusters and Nanodroplets: Spectroscopic Study and Computer Simulation of Carbon Dioxide Solvated with Helium Atoms

    J. Tang;A. R. W. Mckellar;F. Mezzacapo;S. Moroni

  • Spectra of (H2)2, (D2)2, and H2–D2 Van der Waals Complexes

    A. R. W. McKellar;H. L. Welsh

  • Observation of the ν3 fundamental band of HCO

    S. C. Foster;A. R. W. McKellar;Trevor J. Sears

  • Collision‐induced Lamb dips in laser Stark spectroscopy

    J. W. C. Johns;A. R. W. McKellar;T. Oka;M. Römheld

  • Spectroscopic exploration of atomic scale superfluidity in doped helium nanoclusters.

    A. R. W. McKellar;Yunjie Xu;Wolfgang Jäger

  • Improved laser frequencies and Dunham coefficients for isotopically substituted carbon monoxide

    R. M. Dale;M. Herman;J. W. C. Johns;A. R. W. McKellar

  • Diode laser spectroscopy of gas phase C5: The ν3 fundamental and associated hot bands

    N. Moazzen‐Ahmadi;A. R. W. McKellar;T. Amano

  • Spectroscopy of dimers, trimers and larger clusters of linear molecules

    N. Moazzen-Ahmadi;A.R.W. McKellar

  • High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy with Synchrotron Sources

    A.R.W. McKellar

  • Infrared absorption spectroscopy of the COAr complex

    A.R.W McKellar;Y.P Zeng;S.W Sharpe;C Wittig

  • Laser Spectroscopy V

    A. R. W. McKellar;T. Oka;B. P. Stoicheff

  • Cluster dynamics in the range N=2–20: High resolution infrared spectra of HeN–CO

    Jian Tang;A. R. W. McKellar

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor J. Sears
Trevor J. Sears Stony Brook University
Robert J. Le Roy
Robert J. Le Roy University of Waterloo
Takeshi Oka
Takeshi Oka University of Chicago
Wolfgang Jäger
Wolfgang Jäger University of Alberta
Daniel Hurtmans
Daniel Hurtmans Université Libre de Bruxelles
Tucker Carrington
Tucker Carrington Queen's University
Krzysztof Szalewicz
Krzysztof Szalewicz University of Delaware
James B. Burkholder
James B. Burkholder National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michel Herman
Michel Herman Université Libre de Bruxelles
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford

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