Fractional distortion in hyperbolic groups

Abstract: For all integers $p>q>0$ and $k >0$, and all non-elementary torsion-free hyperbolic groups $H$, we construct a hyperbolic group $G$ in which $H$ is a subgroup, such that the distortion function of $H$ in $G$ grows like $\exp^k(n^{p/q})$. Here, $\exp^k$ denotes the $k$-fold-iterated exponential function.