A simple stochastic model for fractional relaxation processes (Q1848057)

Relaxation properties of different media (dielectrics, semiconductors, ferromagnets etc.) are normally expressed in terms of a time-domain response function \(f(t)\). The classical Debye law corresponds to \(f\) whose Fourier transform \(\tilde f(i\omega)=\int_0^{+\infty}e^{-i\omega t}f(t) dt\) is given by \(\tilde f(i\omega)=(\tau^{-1}+i\omega)^{-1}\), \(\tau>0\) being the so-called relaxation time. To describe relaxation in solids, different forms of \(f\) were suggested in the literature, one of the most general being the Havriliak-Negami function corresponding to \[ \tilde f^\beta_\alpha(i\omega)= \bigl(a_0+a(i\omega)^\alpha\bigr)^{-\beta/\alpha}, \qquad 0<\alpha<1, \quad 0<\beta<1. \] If \(\alpha<\beta\), the author approximates \(\tilde f^\beta_\alpha(z)\) by \[ \tilde f_{\gamma\delta\varepsilon}(z) =\bigl(c_0+cz^\gamma+dz^\delta+ez^\varepsilon\bigr)^{-1}, \qquad \gamma<\delta<\varepsilon, \] and computes its inverse Fourier transform \(f_{\gamma\delta\varepsilon}(t)\).