Relaxation dynamics of the fastest channel in multichannel parallel relaxation mechanism

Empirical evidence accumulated over the years shows that the time-dependent change of macroscopic properties of physical systems evolving to equilibrium exhibits a great degree of universality. We address the question of the origins of the universal relaxation laws in terms of. probabilistic approach based on the multichannel parallel relaxation mechanism. We present a clear stochastic scheme uniquely leading to the whole class of experimentally observed relaxation responses. The proposed scheme results from the common assumption that only the fastest channel contributes to relaxation dynamics. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.