Constructing Potential Energy Surfaces for Polyatomic Systems: Recent Progress and New Problems

Table 2

HD product energy partitioning and vibrational distribution (percentages) for the H + CD₄ reaction at 1.52 eV.

Surface	𝑓^vib (HD)	𝑓^rot (HD)	HD (𝑣^=0)	HD (𝑣^=1)
Analytical^a	18	18	84	15
Fitted^b	22	18	78	22
Exp.^c	7	9	≥95

aCBE surface, [41] bZBB1 surface, [55] cValentini et al. [61].