Photodissociation of HOD via the Ĉ¹B₁ State: OD/OH Branching Ratio and OD Bond Dissociation Energy

Photodissociation of jet-cooled HOD via the ? state around 124 nm has been studied using the H(D)-atom Rydberg tagging time-of-flight technique. Rotational state resolved action spectrum and the product translational energy distribution spectra have been recorded for both D+OH and H+OD dissociation channels. Product channel OH/OD branching ratios for the individual ?- X rotational transition have been determined. A comparison is also given with the B- X and ?- X transitions. In addition, the dissociation energy of the OD bond in HOD has been determined accurately to be 41751.3±5 cm^-1.