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We show how a simple laboratory experiment can illustrate certain electrical transport properties of metallic granular media. At a low critical imposed voltage, a transition from an insulating to a conductive state is observed. This…
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It is shown that the anomalous resistivity, thermal conductivity, and magnetic pressure of hot plasmas can be explained by the assumption that the collisional electron-ion cross-section becomes constant above some critical temperature. This…
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