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A new model for the relaxation of a potential perturbation in dielectric materials is developed based on the correlated properties of a two-level system containing two types of decay mechanism. The time and frequency behaviour of the general relaxation process is shown to be in accord with recent experimental analyses. The technique developed to analyse the model is of general applicability in the solid, and liquid, state.
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Dissado, L., Hill, R. Non-exponential decay in dielectrics and dynamics of correlated systems. Nature 279, 685–689 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279685a0
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