Articles you may be interested inPhotodissociation of the BrO radical using velocity map ion imaging: Excited state dynamics and accurate D 0 0 ( Br O ) evaluation Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization/time-of-flight measurements of the velocity and internal energy content of thermal and photochemical methyl radical sources Rev.The photodissociation dynamics of jet-cooled ClO and BrO radicals have been studied using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Four asymptotic electronic channels are energetically allowed for ClO photodissociation at 235 nm, although the dominant products observed at 235 nm are Cl( 2 P 3/2 ) and O( 1 D 2 ). Polarization-dependent time-of-flight profiles indicate that this channel has an anisotropy parameter of ϭ1.2Ϯ0.2. Evidence for O( 3 P J ) products was detected in coincidence with Cl( 2 P 1/2 ) fragments, and we estimate that this channel constitutes Ͻ3% at this wavelength. In the photodissociation of BrO at 355 nm we observe two asymptotic electronic state channels, Br( 2 P 3/2 )ϩO( 3 P 2 ) and Br( 2 P 1/2 ) ϩO( 3 P 2 ) in a 0.75:0.25 ratio. Both channels have an anisotropy parameter of ϭ1.5Ϯ0.1. Based on the measured asymptotic velocities of both channels, we have directly determined the Br-O bond dissociation energy to be 55.8Ϯ1.0 kcal/mol, providing a heat of formation for the BrO radical at 298 K of 29.7Ϯ1.0 kcal/mol in good agreement with previous spectroscopic determinations.