H-function representations for stretched exponential relaxation and non-Debye susceptibilities in glassy systems

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2002 Jun;65(6 Pt 1):061510. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.061510. Epub 2002 Jun 28.

Abstract

Analytical expressions in the time and frequency domains are derived for non-Debye relaxation processes. The complex frequency-dependent susceptibility function for the stretched exponential relaxation function is given for general values of the stretching exponent in terms of H-functions. The relaxation functions corresponding to the complex frequency-dependent Cole-Cole, Cole-Davidson, and Havriliak-Negami susceptibilities are given in the time domain in terms of H-functions. It is found that a commonly used correspondence between the stretching exponent of Kohlrausch functions and the stretching parameters of Havriliak-Negami susceptibilities are not generally valid.