Dielectric study on the Johari-Goldstein mode of glass-forming sorbitol

We investigate precisely the temperature dependence of dielectric relaxatio ns for glass-forming sorbitol, focusing on the Johari-Goldstein (J-G) mode. The results reveal that the relaxation times of the J-G mode exhibit a new dependence at high temperatures, different from the behavior reported at l ow temperatures so far. As a consequence, it is found that the J-G mode mer ges smoothly with the or-relaxation mode in the crossover region between th e normal liquid and the supercooled one; the branching temperature obtained is much higher than that previously extrapolated from the lower temperatur e dependence of relaxation rimes.