Published April 14, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Preference for breaking the O-H bond over the O-D bond following HDO ionization by fast ions

  • 1. James R Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 (United States)

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Measurements of the fragmentation of deuterium tagged water molecules, namely HDO, by fast proton and F7+ impact exhibit a very strong isotopic preference for cleavage of the OH bond over the OD bond. Explicitly, the former is about five times more likely than the latter for HDO2+ dissociation. HDO+ exhibits similar behaviour, though the asymmetry is smaller at about a factor of 2. Wave-packet propagation calculations are in good agreement with the measured branching ratio for HDO2+ dissociation

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Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/39/1701/b6_7_012.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ISSN 1361-6455) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1701-1710
ISSN
0953-4075
CODEN
JPAPEH