Dielectric Relaxation and the Structure of Condensed Matter

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It is suggested that relaxation is condensed matter requires the co-operation of motions at several sites. This new approach which has been formulated in terms of a dynamic distribution of partially correlated clusters will be described in a manner illustrating the physical concepts involved. A brief comparison with experimental data and empirical expressions will be given and the potentialities of the approach summarised.