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The subject of multidimensional potential surfaces and the dynamics on those surfaces was just reviewed by this writer 1, and the closely related topic of the analytic representation of potential surfaces, largely of small systems, had been reviewed shortly before by Schatz2. Consequently we will here very tersely review some of the fundamentals, briefly survey aspects of the subject treated in those reviews and discuss some aspects not covered in those reviews.
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Berry, R.S. (1994). Exploring Potential Surface Landscapes and How they Govern Dynamics. In: Christophorou, L.G., Illenberger, E., Schmidt, W.F. (eds) Linking the Gaseous and Condensed Phases of Matter. NATO ASI Series, vol 326. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2540-0_16
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