title: Effect of dispersion on the relaxation-retardation time scale ratio.
abstract: A simple relation between relaxation (modulus) and retardation (permittivity and compliance) times is determined for cases of dispersive instead of purely exponential response functions. An analytical solution for the Cole-Cole case and numerical treatments of the Cole-Davidson function reveal that the ratio of the relaxation- to retardation time constant is given by the ratio of the high- to low-frequency dielectric constant raised to the power of 1x, where x is the exponent that gauges the deviation from exponentiality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85287-1604, USA.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Ranko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richert