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The photoconductivity spectra of NbS_3 (phase I) crystals are studied. A drop of photoconductivity corresponding to the Peierls gap edge is observed. Reproducible spectral features are found at energies smaller the energy gap value. The…

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We have measured the low-field magnetoresistances (MRs) of a series of Sn-doped indium oxide thick films in the temperature $T$ range 4--35 K. The electron dephasing rate $1/\tau_{\varphi}$ as a function of $T$ for each film was extracted…

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We extend the quark Born diagram formalism for hadron-hadron scattering to processes with valence $q\bar q$ annihilation, specifically $I=0$ and $I=1$ $\pi\pi$ and $I=1/2$ $K\pi$ elastic scattering. This involves the $s$-channel hybrid…

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