LIGHT-SCATTERING INVESTIGATION OF ALPHA AND BETA-RELAXATION NEAR THE LIQUID-GLASS TRANSITION OF THE MOLECULAR GLASS SALOL AND REEXAMINATIONOF THE DEPOLARIZED-LIGHT SCATTERING SPECTRA OF GLASS-FORMING LIQUIDS - REPLY

The data analysis procedures employed in our previous publications [Ph ys. Rev. A 45, 3867 (1992); 46, 3343 (1992); Phys. Rev. E 47, 4223 (19 93)] are reviewed and the significance of the cusp found in the scalin g time tau(beta) is described. The implications of the Salol dielectri c susceptibility results described by Dixon, Menon, and Nagel in their Comment [preceding paper, Phys. Rev. E 50, 1717 (1994)] are discussed . The relation between the alternative model presented in the Comment by Zeng, Kivelson, and Tarjus [second preceding paper, Phys. Rev. E 50 , 1711 (1994)] and the mode-coupling theory is considered, and their a lternative model is shown to be incompatible with experimental results , particularly inelastic neutron-scattering spectroscopy where the dip ole-induced-dipole scattering mechanism is inoperative.