An application of group theory and the dipole moment correlation function to the dielectric relaxation in site models

Abstract

The dielectric relaxation of site model systems is evaluated using group theory to solve the basic rate equations and the dipole moment correlation function to predict the dielectrically active relaxation modes and their magnitudes. A number of site models are evaluated and it is considered that this approach is a very useful alternative to earlier methods, and is to be preferred for certain models containing a large number of sites.