Richard McCray
Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals

  1. McCray, R. 1966, Science, 154, 1320-1323.
    Possibility of Maser Action in Cosmic Radio Sources.
  2. McCray, R. 1967, Astrophys. J., 147, 544-555.
    The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Eta Carinae.
  3. Goldreich, P., McCray, R. & Rees, M. 1968, Nature, 217, 931 (1968).
    Stimulated Inverse Compton Scattering in Radio Sources.
  4. McCray, R. 1969, Astrophys. J., 156, 329-339.
    Synchrotron Radiation Losses in Self-absorbed Radio Sources.
  5. Silk, J., & McCray, R. 1969, Astrophys. Letters, 3, 59-64.
    Non-thermal Bremsstrahlung and the Diffuse X-Ray Background.
  6. Arons, J., & McCray, R. 1969, Astrophys. J. Letters, 158, L91-L95.
    Interaction of Cosmic Gamma Rays with Intergalactic Matter.
  7. Arons, J. & McCray, R. 1969, Astrophys. Letters, 5, 123-127.
    Photoionization of Intergalactic Matter by Quasars.
  8. Bottcher, C., McCray, R., Jura, M., & Dalgarno, A. 1970,
    Astrophys. Letters, 6, 237-241.
    Time-dependent Model of the Interstellar Medium.
  9. Arons, J., McCray, R., & Silk, J. 1971, Astrophys. J., 170, 431-447.
    Cosmic Rays in Intergalactic Matter: Relaxation of Cosmic Ray Spectra, Nonthermal Radiation, and Cosmic Ray Heating.
  10. Schwarz, J., McCray, R., & Stein, R. 1971, Astrophys. J., 175, 673-686.
    Formation of Clouds in a Cooling Interstellar Medium.
  11. McCray, R. & Buff, J. 1972, Astrophys. J. Letters, 175, L65-L68.
    Cosmic Ray Heating of Low Density Interstellar H II Regions.
  12. McCray, R., Stein, R., & Schwarz, J. 1972, Astrophys. J. Letters, 177, L75-L77.
    Formation of Filaments in Fossil H II Regions.
  13. Stein, R., McCray, R., & Schwarz, J. 1972, Astrophys. J. Letters, 177, L125-L128.
    Formation of Protostars by Thermal Instability.
  14. Dalgarno, A., & McCray, R. 1972, Ann. Rev. Astronomy & Astrophys., 10, 375-426.
    Heating and Ionization of H\,I Regions.
  15. Dalgarno, A., & McCray, R. 1973, Astrophys. J. 181, 95-100.
    Formation of Interstellar Molecules from Negative Ions.
  16. McCray, R. 1973, Nature -- Phys. Sci., 243, 94-96.
    The 35 day Periodicity of Hercules X-l.
  17. Buff, J., & McCray, R. 1974, Astrophys. J., 189, 147-155.
    Accretion Flows in Galactic X-Ray Sources. I. Optically Thin Spherically Symmetric Model.
  18. Kafatos, M., Gerola, H., Hatchett, S., & McCray, R. 1974, Astrophys. J. Letters, 187, L113-L116.
    Ionization of Carbon and Nitrogen in the Intercloud Medium.
  19. Buff, J., & McCray, R. 1974, Astrophys. J. Letters, 188, L37-L40.
    Soft X-ray Variability of Binary X-Ray Stars.
  20. Gerola, H., Kafatos, M., & McCray, R. 1974, Astrophys. J., 189, 55-66.
    Statistical Time-Dependent Model for the Interstellar Gas.
  21. McCray, R., Stein, R., & Kafatos, M. 1975, Astrophys. J., 196, 565-570.
    Thermal Instability in Supernova Shells.
  22. McCray, R., & Hatchett, S. 1975, Astrophys. J., 199, 196-205.
    Mass Transfer in Binary X-Ray Systems.
  23. Castor, J., McCray, R., & Weaver, R. 1975, Astrophys. J. Letters, 200, L107-L110.
    Interstellar Bubbles.
  24. McCray, R., & Lamb, F. 1976, Astrophys. J. Letters, 204, L115-L118.
    An Opaque Shell around Hercules X-1?
  25. Hatchett, S., Buff, J., & McCray, R. 1976, Astrophys. J., 206, 847-860.
    Transfer of X-Rays through a Spherically Symmetric Gas Cloud.
  26. Hollenbach, D., Chu, S.-I., & McCray, R. 1976, Astrophys. J., 208, 458-467.
    H2 in Expanding Circumstellar Shells.
  27. Ostriker, J. P., McCray, R., Weaver, R., & Yahil, A. 1976, Astrophys. J. Letters, 208, L61-L66.
    A New Luminosity Limit for Spherical Accretion onto Compact X-Ray Sources.
  28. McCray, R., Wright, C., & Hatchett, S. 1977, Astrophys. J. Letters, 211, L29-L33.
    Interstellar Ultraviolet Absorption Lines and Galactic X-Ray Sources.
  29. Hatchett, S., & McCray, R. 1977, Astrophys. J., 211, 552-561.
    X-Ray Sources in Stellar Winds.
  30. Basko, M. M., Hatchett, S., McCray, R., & A. Sunyaev, R. A. 1977 Astrophys. J., 215, 276-283.
    Evaporative Winds in X-Ray Binaries.
  31. London, R., McCray, R., & Chu, S.-I. 1977, Astrophys. J., 217, 442-447.
    A Shock Model for Infrared Line Emission from H2 Molecules.
  32. Weaver, R., McCray, R., Castor, J., Shapiro, P., & Moore, R. 1977, Astrophys. J., 218, 377-395.
    Interstellar Bubbles. II. Structure and Evolution.
  33. McCray, R. 1977, Comments on Astrophysics, 7, 13-18.
    Prospects for Cosmic X-Ray Spectroscopy.
  34. Ross, R. R., Weaver, R., & McCray, R. 1978, Astrophys. J., 219, 292-299.
    The Comptonization of Iron X-ray Features in Compact X-Ray Sources.
  35. Langer, S., Ross, R. R., & McCray, R. 1978, Astrophys. J., 222, 959-966.
    Optically Thick X-Ray Transfer: the Shell Game.
  36. Shull, J. M., & McCray, R. 1978, Astrophys. J. Letters, 223, L5-L8.
    Forbidden Lines in Quasars and Active Galaxies.
  37. Illarionov, A., Kallman, T., McCray, R., & Ross, R. R. 1979,
    Astrophys. J., 228, 279-292.
    Comptonization of X-Rays by Low Temperature Electrons.
  38. McCray, R. & Snow, T. 1979, Ann. Rev. Astronomy and Astrophys., 17, 213-240.
    The Violent Interstellar Medium.
  39. Conti, P. S., & McCray, R. 1980, Science, 208, 9-17.
    Strong Stellar Winds.
  40. Langer, S., McCray, R., & Baan, W. A. 1980, Astrophys. J., 238, 731-739.
    Cyclotron Emissivity in Accreting Neutron Stars.
  41. Davidson, K., & McCray, R. 1980, Astrophys. J., 241, 1082-1089.
    SS 433 as a Prototype of Astrophysical `Jets'.
  42. Kallman, T., & McCray, R. 1980, Astrophys. J., 242, 615-627.
    Efficiency of the Bowen Fluorescence Mechanism in Static Nebulae.
  43. London, R., McCray, R., & Auer, L. 1981, Astrophys. J., 243, 970-982.
    The Structure of X-Ray Illuminated Stellar Atmospheres.
  44. Kallman, T., & McCray, R. 1982, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 50, 263-318.
    X-Ray Nebular Models.
  45. McCray, R., Shull, J. M., Boynton, P., Deeter, J., Holt, S. S., & White, N. 1982,
    Astrophys. J., 262, 301-307.
    Einstein Observatory Pulse Phase Spectroscopy of Hercules X-1.
  46. Holt, S. S., & McCray, R. 1982, Ann. Rev. Astronomy & Astrophys., 20, 323-365.
    Spectra of Cosmic X-Ray Sources.
  47. Guilbert, P., Fabian, A. C., & McCray, R. 1983, Astrophys. J., 266, 466-469.
    Why are Broad Emission Lines Seen in Seyferts and Not in BL Lacertae?
  48. Lepp, S., & McCray, R. 1983, Astrophys. J., 269, 560-567.
    X-Ray Sources in Molecular Clouds.
  49. McCray, R., Kallman, T., Castor, J., & Olson, G. 1984, Astrophys. J., 282, 245-255.
    Spectral Variability in Early Type Binary X-Ray Sources.
  50. Lepp, S., McCray, R., Shull, J., M., Woods, D. T., & Kallman, T. R. 1985,
    Astrophys. J., 288, 58-64.
    Thermal Phases of Interstellar and Quasar Gas.
  51. Xu, Y., McCray, R., & Kelley, R. 1986, Nature, 319, 652-653.
    Measuring Interstellar Dust Grains from the Haloes of Binary X-Ray Sources.
  52. McCray, R., & Kafatos, M. 1987, Astrophys. J., 317, 190 - 196.
    Supershells and Propagating Star Formation.
  53. Kallman, T., McCray, R., & Voit, M. 1987, Astrophys. J., 317, 746 - 749.
    Rapid Variability of P-Cygni Lines in Massive X-ray Binaries.
  54. McCray, R., Shull, J. M., & Sutherland, P. 1987, Astrophys. J. Letters, 317, L73 - L77.
    Inside Supernova 1987a.
  55. MacLow, M. M., & McCray, R. 1988, Astrophys. J., 324, 776-785.
    Superbubbles in Disk Galaxies.
  56. Xu, Y., Sutherland, P., McCray, R., & Ross, R. R. 1988, Astrophys. J., 327, 197 - 202.
    X-rays from Supernova 1987a.
  57. Van Buren, D., & McCray, R. 1988, Astrophys. J. Letters, 329, L93 -L96.
    Bow Shocks and Bubbles Are Seen Around Hot Stars by IRAS.
  58. Mac Low, M. M., McCray, R., & Norman, M. 1989, Astrophys. J., 337, 141 - 154.
    Superbubble Blowout Dynamics.
  59. Luo, D., McCray, R., & MacLow, M. M. 1990, Astrophys. J., 362, 267 - 273.
    X-rays from Colliding Stellar Winds.
  60. Lepp, S., Dalgarno, A., & McCray, R. 1990, Astrophys. J., 358, 262 -265.
    Formation of Molecules in the Ejecta of Supernova 1987A.
  61. Wang, Z. R., McCray, R., Chen, Y., & Qu, Q. - Y. 1990, Astron. & Astrophys., 240, 98 - 104.
    The Infrared Knots around SS433.
  62. Xu, Y., & McCray, R. 1991, Astrophys. J., 371, 280 - 288.
    Comptonization of Gamma Rays by Cold Electrons.
  63. Luo, D., & McCray, R. 1991, Astrophys. J., 372, 194 - 198.
    Supernova Remnant 1987A.
  64. Luo, D., & McCray, R. 1991, Astrophys. J., 379, 659 - 662.
    The Circumstellar Shell of SN1987A.
  65. Xu, Y., & McCray, R. 1991, Astrophys. J., 375, 190 - 201.
    Energy Degradation of Fast Electrons in Hydrogen Gas.
  66. Xu, Y., McCray, R., Oliva, E., & Randich, S. 1992, Astrophys. J., 386, 181 - 189.
    Hydrogen Recombination at High Optical Depths and the Spectrum of Supernova 1987A.
  67. Li, H. W., & McCray, R. 1992, Astrophys. J., 387, 309 - 313.
    The [OI] 6300,6364 Doublet of SN1987A.
  68. Wang, Z. - R., Qu, Q. - Y., Luo, D., McCray, R., & Mac Low, M. M. 1992, Astrophys. J., 388, 127 - 130. The Semicircular Shell of CTB109.
  69. Li, H. W., & McCray, R. 1993, Astrophys. J., 405, 730 - 737
    The Ca\,II Emission Lines of SN1987A
  70. Wang, Q., & McCray, R. 1993, Astrophys. J. Letters, 409, L37-40.
    On the Origins of the Soft X-ray Background
  71. Li, H. W., McCray, R., & Sunyaev, R. 1993, Astrophys. J., 419, 824 - 836.
    Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel in SN 1987A
  72. McCray, R. 1993, Ann. Rev. Astronomy & Astrophys., 31, 175 -- 216.
    Supernova 1987A Revisited.
  73. Luo, D., McCray, R., & Slavin, J. 1994, Astrophys. J., 430, 264 - 276.
    The Impact of SN 1987A with its Circumstellar Ring
  74. McCray, R., & Lin, D. N. C. 1994, Nature, 369, 378 - 380.
    Is the Ring around SN1987A a Protostellar Disk?
  75. Li, H. W., & McCray, R. 1995, Astrophys. J., 441, 821 - 829.
    The He I Emission Lines of SN 1987A
  76. Culhane, M., & McCray, R. 1995, Astrophys. J., 455, 335 - 341.
    Hydrogen Molecules in SN 1987A
  77. Li, H. W., & McCray, R. 1996, Astrophys. J., 456, 370 - 383.
    Ultraviolet Opacity and Fluorescence in Supernova Envelopes
  78. Boroson, B., McCray, R., Kallman, T., & Nagase, F. 1996,
    Astrophys. J., 465, 940 - 944.
    Pulsations in the UV and X-Ray Spectra of Vela X-1
  79. Boroson, B., Vrtilek, S. D., McCray, R., Kallman, T., & Nagase, F. 1996, Astrophys. J., 473, 1079 - 1088. Pulsations and Line Profile Changes in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of Her X-1: Results from a Multiwavelength Campaign
  80. Boroson, B., McCray, R., Oelfke Clark, C., Slavin, J., MacLow, M. M., Chu, Y-H., & Van Buren, D. 1997, Astrophys. J., 478, 638 - 647.
    An Interstellar Conduction within a Wolf-Rayet Ring Nebula Observed with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
  81. Borkowski, K., Blondin, J., & McCray, R, 1997, Astrophys. J. Letters, 476, L31-34.
    X-Ray and Ultraviolet Line Emission from Supernova Remnant 1987A
  82. Borkowski, K., Blondin, J., & McCray, R, 1997, Astrophys. J., 477, 281 - 293.
    X-Rays from the Impact of Supernova 1987A with its Circumstellar Ring
  83. McCray, R., 1997, Nature, 386, 438 - 439
    SN 1987A enters its second decade
  84. Remington, B. A., ... McCray, R., et al. (13 authors) 1997, Phys. Plasmas, 4, no. 5, pt. 2, 1994-2003
    Supernova Hydrodynamics Experiments on the Nova Laser
  85. Vrtilek, S. D., Boroson, B., Cheng, F. H., McCray, R. & Nagase, F. 1997, Astrophys. J., 490, 377-382. Simultaneous HST/ASCA Observations of LMC X-4: X-ray Ionization Effects on a Stellar Wind
  86. Boroson, B., Blair, W. P., Davidsen, A. F., Vrtilek, S. D., Raymond, J., Long, K. S. & McCray, R.1997, Astrophys. J., 491, 903 - 909. Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope Observations of Hercules X-1
  87. De Kool, M., Li, H., & McCray, R. 1998, Astrophys. J., 503, 857-876, Thermal Evolution of the Envelope of Supernova 1987A
  88. Michael, E., McCray, R., Borkowski, K., Pun, J., & Sonneborn, G. 1998, Astrophys. J. Letters, 492, L139-142, High Velocity Lyman-alpha Emission from SNR1987A.
  89. Sonneborn, G., ... McCray, R., ... (18 authors). 1998, Astrophys. J. Letters, 492, L143-146, Spatially Resolved STIS Spectroscopy of SN 1987A: Evidence for Shock Interaction with Circumstellar Gas.
  90. Drake, R. P., Carroll, J. J., Estabrook, K., Glendinning, S. G., Remington, B. A., Wallace, R., & McCray, R. 1998, Astrophys. J. Letters, 500, L157- 161, Development of a Laboratory Environment to Test Models of Supernova Remnant Formation.
  91. Drake, R. P., Glendinning, S. G., Estabrook, K., Remington, B. A., McCray, R., Wallace, R., Suter, L. J., Smith, T. R., London, R., & Liang, E. 1998, Phys. Rev. Letters, 81, 2068-2071. Observations of Forward and Reverse Shocks Driven by High-Energy-Density Plasma Flow.
  92. Michael, E., McCray, R., et al. 1998, Astrophys. J. Letters, 509, L117-120, New Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-Velocity Lyman-alpha and H-alpha in SN 1987A
  93. Boroson, B., Vrtilek, S. D., Raymond, J., McCray, R., & Kallman, T. 1999, Astrophys. J., 519, 191 - 205,. Models of X-ray Photoionization in LMC X-4: Slices of a Stellar Wind.
  94. Drake, R. P., ... & McCray, R. (12 authors) 2000, Physics of Plasmas, 7, 2142, Laser experiments to simulate supernova remnants.
  95. Wilms, J., Allen, U., & McCray, R. 2000, Astrophys. J., 542, 914 - 924, On the absorption of X-Rays in the interstellar medium.
  96. Michael, E., McCray, R., et al (18 authors) 2000, Astrophys. J. Letters, 542, L53 - L56, HST Spectroscopy of Spot 1 on the Circumstellar Ring of SN1987A.
  97. Burrows, D. N., Michael, E., Hwang, U., McCray, R., Garmire, G. P., Holt, S. S., Petre, R., Nousek, J. A., & Chevalier, R. A. 2000, Astrophys. J. Letters, 543, L149 - L152, The X-ray Remnant of SN1987A .
  98. Drake, R. P., ... , & McCray, R. (10 authors) 2000, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 127, 305 - 310, Progress toward the laboratory simulation of young supernova remnants.
  99. Vrtilek, S. D., Quaintrell, H., Boroson, B., Still, M., Fiedler, H., O'Brien, K., & McCray, R. 2001, Astrophys. J., 549, 522 - 536, Multiwavelength observations of Hercules X-1 during a short-high and an anomalous low state: on again, off again.
  100. Vrtilek, S. D., Raymond, J. C., Boroson, B., Kallman, T., Quaintrell, H., & McCray, R. 2001, Astrophys. J. Letters, 563, L139 - L142, Simultaneous Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope observations of SMC X-1.
  101. Baron, E., ... McCray, R., ..(22 authors) 2000, Astrophys. J., 545, 444 - 448, Preliminary spectral analysis of the Type II supernova 1999em
  102. Lentz, E. J. ..., McCray, R., .. (23 authors) 2001, Astrophys. J., 547, 406-411, Analysis of Type IIn SN1998S: effects of circumstellar interaction on observed spectra.
  103. Park, S., Burrows, D. N., Garmire, G. P., Nousek, J. A., McCray, R., Michael, E., & Zhekov, S. 2002, Astrophys. J., 567, 314 - 322, Monitoring the Evolution of the X-ray remnant of SN1987A.
  104. Michael, E., Zhekov, S., McCray, R., Hwang, U., Burrows, D. N., Park, S., Garmire, G. P., Holt, S. S., & Hasinger, G. 2002, Astrophys. J., 574, 166 - 178, The X-ray spectrum of Supernova Remnant 1987A.
  105. Pun, C. S. J., ..., McCray, R., ... (21 authors) 2002, Astrophys. J., 572, 906 - 931, Modelling the Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet and optical spectrum of Spot 1 on the circumstellar ring of SN1987A
  106. Michael, E., McCray, R., ...(19 authors) 2003, Astrophys. J., 593, 809-30, HST observations of high-velocity Lya and Ha emission from supernova remnant 1987A -- the structure and development of the reverse shock
  107. Vrtilek, S.D., Raymond, J.C., Boroson, B., McCray, R., Smale, A., Kallman, T., & Nagase, F. 2003, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 115, 1124-34, Simultaneous ASCA and HST/GHRS Observations of Cygnus X-2/V1341 Cygni
  108. Cunningham, N. J., McCray, R., & Snow, T. P. 2004, Astrophys. J, 611, 353-9, The total gas and dust abundances in the line of sight to X-Persei, based on Chandra Spectroscopy
  109. Park, S., Zhekov, S. A., Burrows, D. N., Michael, E., & McCray, R., Garmire, G. P., & Hasinger, G. 2004, Advances in Space Research, 33, 386-91, Chandra Observations of SNR 1987A.
  110. Park, S., Zhekov, S. A., Burrows, D. N., Garmire, G. P., & McCray, R. 2004, Astrophys. J., 610, 275-84, A Chandra View of the Morphological and Spectral Evolution of Supernova Remnant 1987A.
  111. Zhekov, S. A., McCray, R., Borkowski, K. J., Burrows, D. A., & Park, S. 2005, Astrophys. J. Letters, 628, L127-30, Chandra Obervations of Shock Kinematics in Supernova Remnant 1987A. Get .pdf file
  112. Park, S., Zhekov, S. A., Burrows, D. N., & McCray, R. 2005, Astrophys. J. Letters, 634, L73-6, Supernova Remnant 1987A: Opening the Future by Reaching the Past. Get .pdf file
  113. Smith, N., Zhekov, S. A., Heng, K., McCray, R., Morse, J. A., & Gladders, M. 2005, Astrophys. J. Letters, 635, L141-4, The Reverse Shock of SNR1987A at 18 Years after Outburst. Get .pdf file
  114. Park, S., Zhekov, S. A., Burrows, D. N., Garmire, G. P., Racusin, J. L., & McCray, R. 2006, Astrophys. J., 646, 1001, Evolutionary Status of SNR 1987A . Get .pdf file
  115. Heng, K., McCray, R., Zhekov, S. A., Challis, P., et al. 2006, Astrophys. J., 644, 959, Evolution of the Reverse Shock Emission from SNR1987A. Get .pdf file
  116. Zhekov, S. A., McCray, R., Borkowski, K. J., Burrows, D. N., & Park, S. 2006, Astrophys. J., 645, 293, Chandra LETG Observations of Supernova Remnant 1987A. Get .pdf file
  117. Heng, K., & McCray, R. 2007, Astrophys. J., 654, 923-37, Balmer-Dominated Shocks Revisited. Get .pdf file
  118. Otero, V., Finkelstein, N., McCray, R, & Pollock, S., Science, 313, 445. Who is Responsible for Preparing Science Teachers? Get .pdf file
  119. McCray, R. 2007, Astronomy Education Review, 5, issue 2, Planetfinder: an On-line Interactive Module for Learning How Astronomers Detect Extra-solar Planets. Get .pdf file
  120. Heng, K., van Adelsberg, M., McCray, R., & Raymond, J. 2007, Astrophys. J., 668, 275-284, The Transition Zone in Balmer-Dominated Shocks. Get .pdf file
  121. Smith, N. & McCray, R. 2007, Astrophys. J. Letters, 671, L17-20, Shell-Shocked Diffusion Model for the Light Curve of SN2006gy Get .pdf file
  122. Dwek, E., ..., McCray, R., et. al. 2008, Astrophys. J. , 676, 1029 - 39, Infrared and X-ray Evidence for Circumstellar Grain Destruction by the Blast Wave of Supernova 1987A Get .pdf file
  123. Dewey, D., Zhekov, S., McCray, R. & Canizares, C. 2008, Astrophys. J. Letters , 676, L131-35, Chandra HETG Spectra of SN1987A at 20 Years Get .pdf file
  124. Van Adelsberg, M., Heng, K., McCray, R. & Raymond, J. 2008, Astrophys. J., 689, 1089 - 1104, Spatial Structure and Collisionless Heating in Balmer-dominated Shocks Get .pdf file
  125. Zhekov, S., McCray, R., Dewey, D., Canizares, C., Borkowski, K. J., Burrows, D. N., & Park, S. 2009, Astrophys. J., 692, 1190 - 1204, High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of SNR 1987A: Chandra LETG and HETG Observations in 2007 Get .pdf file
  126. Racusin, J. L., Park, S., Zhekov, S., Burrows, D. N., Garmire, G. P., & McCray, R. 2009, Astrophys. J., 703, 1752 - 1759, X-ray evolution of SN1987A: the radial expansion. Get .pdf file
  127. Zhekov, S., Park, S., McCray, R., Racusin, J. L, & Burrows, D. N., 2010, MNRAS, , 407, 1157-69, Evolution of the Chandra CCD spectra of SNR 1987A: probing the reflected shock picture. Get .pdf file
  128. France, K., McCray, R., Heng, K., Kirshner, R. Pl, et al., 2010 Science , 329 , 1624-7, Observing Supernova 1987A with the Refurbished Hubble Space Telescope. Get .pdf file
  129. Larsson, J., Fransson, C., ... McCray, R., et al., 2011, Nature, 474, 484L, X-raying the ejecta of Supernova 1987A.
  130. Park, S., Zhekov, S., Burrows, D. N., Racusin, J., Dewey, D., and McCray, R. 2011, Ap. J. Letters, 733, L35, A New Evolutionary Phase of SupernovaRemnant 1987A.
  131. France, K., McCray, R., et al. 2011, ApJ, in press, HST-COS Observations of Helium, Carbon, and Nitrogen Emission from the SN1987A Reverse Shock.

Published Conference Proceedings

  1. McCray, R., & Schwarz, J. 1971, in The Gum Nebula and Related Problems, eds. S. P. Maran, J. C. Brandt & T. P. Stecher, NASA SP-322, pp. 56-67
    Structure and Evolution of Fossil H II Regions.
  2. McCray, R. 1975, in Proc. International Conference on X-rays in Space, ed. S. Venkatesan, pp. 547-564 (University of Calgary, Alberta).
    Gas Flows in Binary X-Ray Systems.
  3. McCray, R. 1977, in Highlights of Astronomy, 4, Part 1, pp. 155-170, ed. E. A. Muller, (Dordrecht: Reidel). Accretion Flows in Binary X-Ray Systems.
  4. McCray, R. 1977, in Topics in Interstellar Matter, ed. H. von Woerden, pp. 35-44 (Dordrecht: Reidel). Structure and Evolution of Wind-driven Circumstellar Shells.
  5. McCray, R. 1979, in Active Galactic Nuclei, eds. C. Hazard & S. Mitton, pp. 227-239 (Cambridge Univ. Press). Spherical Accretion onto Supermassive Black Holes.
  6. McCray, R. 1981, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 375, 391-402.
    Summary of the Workshop on X-Ray and Gamma Ray Burst Sources.
  7. McCray, R. 1982, in Galactic X-ray Sources, ed. P. Sanford (New York: John Wiley &\ Sons), pp. 71-88. Spectral Formation in Galactic X-Ray Sources.
  8. McCray, R. 1983, in Highlights of Astronomy, 6, 565-579, ed. R. M. West (Dordrecht: Reidel).
    Stellar Winds and the Interstellar Medium.
  9. McCray, R. 1983, Nature, 301, 372; reprinted in Physica Scripta, T7, 235-236 (1984).
    Hot Astrophysical Plasmas.
  10. McCray, R. 1984, Physica Scripta, T7, 73-77.
    Spectral Formation in Compact X-Ray Sources.
  11. McCray, R. 1986, in Radiation Hydrodynamics in Stars and Compact Objects, IAU Colloquium No. 89, pp. 185-197, ed. D. Mihalas & K.-H. Winkler (New York: Springer-Verlag).
    Compact Binary X-Ray Sources.
  12. Kafatos, M., & McCray, R. 1986, in Luminous Stars and Associations in Galaxies, IAU Symposium 116, eds. C. W. H. De Loore, A. J. Willis, & P. Laskarides, pp. 411-412 (Dordrecht: Reidel).
    Propagating Star Formation Induced by Superbubbles.
  13. McCray, R. 1987, in Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas, pp. 255-278, ed. A. Dalgarno & D. Layzer (Cambridge Univ. Press). Coronal Interstellar Gas and Supernova Remnants.
  14. McCray, R. 1987, in Physical Processes in Interstellar Clouds, NATO Advanced Study Institute, ed. G. Morfill & M. Scholer, pp. 95 - 104 (Dordrecht: Reidel).
    Supernovae and the Interstellar Medium.
  15. McCray, R. 1988, in Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium, IAU Colloquium \#\,101, eds. R. S. Roger & T. L. Landecker, pp. 447 - 460 (Cambridge University Press).
    Supershells.
  16. Sutherland, P., Xu, Y., McCray, R., & Ross, R. R. 1988, in Atmospheric Diagnostics of Stellar Evolution, Chemical Peculiarity, Mass Loss, and Explosion, IAU Colloquium No.108, ed. K. Nomoto, pp. 394 - 398 (New York: Springer-Verlag).
    X-Rays and Gamma Rays from Supernova 1987A.
  17. Mac Low, M. M., Norman, M. L., & McCray, R. 1988, in The Interaction of Supernova Remnants with the Interstellar Medium, IAU Colloquium No. 101, eds. R. S. Roger & T. L. Landecker (Dordrecht: Reidel), 461 - 464. Numerical Models of Supershell Dynamics.
  18. McCray, R., & Li, H. W. 1988, in Structure and Evolution of Galaxies, Proceedings of Yellow Mountain Summer School, ed. L.Z. Fang, pp. 8 - 46 (Singapore: World Scientific Press). Supernova 1987A.
  19. McCray, R. 1990, in Molecular Astrophysics, ed. T. W. Hartquist, pp. 439 - 458 (Cambridge Univ. Press). Atoms and Molecules in Supernova 1987A.
  20. Xu, Y., & McCray, R. 1991, in Supernovae, ed. S. Woosley, pp. 444-453 (New York: Springer-Verlag). Late-Time Spectrum of Supernova 1987A.
  21. Wang, Z.-R., McCray, R., Chen, Y., & Qu, Q.-Y. 1991, in Supernovae,
    ed. S. Woosley, pp. 671 - 674 (New York: Springer-Verlag).
    Infrared Knots around SS433 -- Results of Jets Interacting with Interstellar Medium.
  22. McCray, R. 1991, in Supernovae and Stellar Evolution,
    ed. A. Ray & T. Velusamy, pp. 1 - 33 (Singapore: World Scientific).
    Supernova 1987A after Three Years.
  23. Oliva, E., Randich, S. M., & McCray, R. 1991, in SN 1987A and Other Supernovae,
    ed. I. J. Danziger & K. Kjar, pp. 247-50 (Munich: European Southern Observatory)
    Hydrogen Lines in SN 1987A
  24. McCray, R., & Stern, A. 1992, in Space Policy Alternatives, ed. R. Byerly, pp. 139 -- 166
    (Boulder, CO, Westview Press).
    NASA's Space Science Program: the Vision and the Reality.
  25. McCray, R. 1995, in Supernovae and Supernova Remnants, Proc. IAU Colloquium No. 145, eds. R. McCray & Z.-R. Wang, pp. 223 -- 233. (Cambridge University Press)
    Understanding the Nebular Spectrum of SN 1987A.
  26. McCray, R. 1996, in Cosmic Abundances, eds. S. S. Holt & G. Sonneborn, pp. 273 - 283 (Astron. Soc. Pacific) Inferring Abundances from the Spectra of Supernovae.
  27. McCray, R. 1998, in SN1987A: Ten Years After, eds. M. Phillips & N. Suntzeff, (Astron. Soc. Pacific), in press. SN 1987A: Ten Years Hence.
  28. Jones, T. W., ... & McCray, R. 1998, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 110, 125 - 151
    1051 Ergs: the Evolution of Shell Supernova Remnants
  29. Burrows, D. N., ..., McCray, R. et. al. (14 authors) 2000, in X-ray Optics, Instruments and Missions III, Proceedings SPIE, 4012, 91 - 100, Early Results from Chandra observations of supernova remnants
  30. McCray, R. 2001, in Young Supernova Remnants, ed. U. Hwang & S. S. Holt, (American Inst. of Physics), pp. 95 - 108, SN1987A: the Youngest Supernova Remnant
  31. McCray, R. 2003, in A Decade of Hubble Space Telescope Science, ed. M. Livio, K. Noll, & M. Stiavelli (Cambridge University Press), pp. 64 - 77, SN1987A: the Birth of a Supernova Remnant
  32. McCray, R. 2003, Supernova 1987A, in High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics, IAU Symposium 214, ed. X.D. Li, V. Trimble, & Z. R. Wang, pp. 121-134 (San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
  33. McCray, R. 2004, Supernova 1987A, in Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursters, ed. K. Weiler, pp. 219-240 (Heidelberg: Springer Verlag).
  34. McCray, R. 2005, Supernova 1987A: the Birth of a Supernova Remnant, in Cosmic Explosions, IAU Colloquium #192, ed. J. M. Marcaide and K. W. Weiler, pp. 77-88 (Heidelberg: Springer Verlag).
  35. McCray, R. 2007, Supernova 1987A at Age 20. (Get .pdf file) in Supernova 1987A: 20 Years After, ed. S. Immler, R. McCray, K. Weiler, pp. 3 - 14 (New York: Melville; American Inst. Phys. Conf. Proc. 937).

Popular Articles

  1. McCray, R. 1970, The Science Teacher, 37, No. ,7
    The New Cosmos.
  2. McCray, R. 1972, The Griffith Observer, November 1972 and December 1972.
    The New Cosmos.
  3. McCray, R. 1974, Natural History, December 1974, pp. 72-77.
    Molecules Between the Stars.
  4. McCray, R. 2007, in State of the Universe 2007, ed. M. Ratcliffe (New York: Springer), First Views of the Birth of a Supernova Remnant -- Supernova 1987A. Get .pdf file

Encyclopedia Article

  1. McCray, R. 2003, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, V. 4 (London: Nature Publishing Group), 3242-3246, Supernova 1987A.

Books

  1. McCray, R., & Wang, Z.-R., eds. 1996, Supernovae and Supernova Remnants, Proc. IAU Colloquium No. 145 (Cambridge University Press)

Published Reports

  1. McCray, R., et al. 1983, in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 1980's, Vol. 2: Reports of the Panels, Astronomy Survey Committee, pp. 259-301 (Washington, DC: National Academy Press).
    Theoretical and Laboratory Astrophysics.
  2. McCray, R. 1991, The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Working Papers, Chapter XII (Washington, DC: National Academy Press).
    Policy Opportunities.
  3. McCray, R. et al. 1995, A Strategy for Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy, (Washington, DC: National Academy Press).
  4. McCray, R., DeHaan, R., & Schuck, J. A. (eds) 2003, Improving Undergraduate Instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Washington, DC: National Academy Press).
  5. McCray, R., et al. 2008, Future Prospects for Radio, Millimeter, and Submillimeter Astronomy, Report of the Committee on the Future of US Radio Astronomy, Sponsored by Associated Universities, Inc. Get .pdf file

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