10. Appendix

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M. Cardona: Electron-Phonon Interaction in Tetrahedral Semiconductors.
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Z. A. Ibrahim, A. I. Shkrebtii, M. J. G. Lee, K. Vynck, T. Teatro, W. Richter,
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