Time-Dependent Reorientation Probabilities and Molecular Relaxation

Abstract

This article considers situations in which the probability of molecular reorientation is governed by a secondary, time‐dependent process. A ``projection technique'' for computing reorientational correlation functions in these situations is described, together with a ``simple defect'' model of molecular relaxation. The effects of different types of secondary time‐dependent processes on the observable correlation time distribution are discussed.