Volume 62, Issue 10

1 September 2000

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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

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Evidence for the existence of nitrogen-substituted graphite structure by polarization dependence of near-edge x-ray-absorption fine structure

Iwao Shimoyama, Guohua Wu, Tetsuhiro Sekiguchi, and Yuji Baba

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6053(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Magnetism

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Quantum chiral phases in frustrated easy-plane spin chains

A. K. Kolezhuk

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6057(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Weak ferromagnetism of quasi-one-dimensional $S = \frac{1}{2}$ antiferromagnet ${BaCu}_{2} {Ge}_{2} O_{7}$

I. Tsukada, J. Takeya, T. Masuda, and K. Uchinokura

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6061(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Spin anisotropy and quantum Hall effect in the kagomé lattice: Chiral spin state based on a ferromagnet

Kenya Ohgushi, Shuichi Murakami, and Naoto Nagaosa

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6065(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Universal low-energy behavior of disordered quantum spin chains: Exact analytic results

A. A. Zvyagin

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6069(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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$4 f$ spin density in the reentrant ferromagnet ${SmMn}_{2} {Ge}_{2}$

J. E. McCarthy, J. A. Duffy, C. Detlefs, M. J. Cooper, and P. C. Canfield

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6073(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Enhancement of the magnetoresistance at the Curie temperature of the ferromagnetic insulator ${La}_{1.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {MnRhO}_{6}$

A. I. Coldea, I. M. Marshall, S. J. Blundell, J. Singleton, L. D. Noailles, P. D. Battle, and M. J. Rosseinsky

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6077(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Partial $^{16} {\vec{O}}^{18} O$ isotope substitution and phase separation in $({La}_{0.25} \Pr_{0.75})_{0.7} {Ca}_{0.3} {MnO}_{3}$ manganite

N. A. Babushkina, A. N. Taldenkov, L. M. Belova, E. A. Chistotina, O. Yu. Gorbenko, A. R. Kaul, K. I. Kugel, and D. I. Khomskii

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6081(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Jahn-Teller effect on orbital ordering and dynamics in ferromagnetic ${LaMnO}_{3}$

Jan Bała and Andrzej M. Oleś

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6085(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Ground state in ${Sr}_{3} {Ru}_{2} O_{7} :$ Fermi liquid close to a ferromagnetic instability

Shin-Ichi Ikeda, Yoshiteru Maeno, Satoru Nakatsuji, Masashi Kosaka, and Yoshiya Uwatoko

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6089(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Anomalous field-dependent specific heat in charge-ordered $\Pr_{1 - x} {Ca}_{x} {MnO}_{3}$ and ${La}_{0.5} {Ca}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$

V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, X. Zhang, K. H. Kim, Bog-Gi Kim, S-W. Cheong, and R. L. Greene

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6093(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Sound-wave anomalies in ${SrCu}_{2} ({BO}_{3})_{2}$

S. Zherlitsyn, S. Schmidt, B. Wolf, H. Schwenk, B. Lüthi, H. Kageyama, K. Onizuka, Y. Ueda, and K. Ueda

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6097(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Evidence for spiral magnetic order in the heavy fermion material ${CeRhIn}_{5}$

N. J. Curro, P. C. Hammel, P. G. Pagliuso, J. L. Sarrao, J. D. Thompson, and Z. Fisk

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6100(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Ultrasonic and magnetic studies of ${Nd}_{0.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$

S. Zvyagin, H. Schwenk, B. Lüthi, K. V. Kamenev, G. Balakrishnan, D. McK. Paul, V. I. Kamenev, and Yu. G. Pashkevich

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6104(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Thermal conductivity and specific heat of the linear chain cuprate ${Sr}_{2} {CuO}_{3} :$ Evidence for thermal transport via spinons

A. V. Sologubenko, E. Felder, K. Giannò, H. R. Ott, A. Vietkine, and A. Revcolevschi

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6108(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Superfluidity and superconductivity

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Signatures of a staggered-flux phase in the $t - J$ model with two holes on a 32-site lattice

P. W. Leung

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6112(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Giant thermo-emf in multiterminal superconductor/normal-metal mesoscopic structures

R. Seviour and A. F. Volkov

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6116(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Reentrance of the induced diamagnetism in gold-niobium proximity cylinders

F. Bernd Müller-Allinger and Ana Celia Mota

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6120(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Probing pseudogap by Josephson tunneling

Ivar Martin and Alexander Balatsky

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6124(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Magnetic-field effect on the supercurrent of an SNS junction

S.-K. Yip

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6127(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Angle-resolved Andreev bound states in anisotropic d-wave high- $T_{c}$ ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - y}$ superconductors

I. Iguchi, W. Wang, M. Yamazaki, Y. Tanaka, and S. Kashiwaya

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6131(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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$O (4)$ -invariant formulation of the nodal liquid

Chetan Nayak

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6135(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

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Spin polarized carrier injection into high- $T_{c}$ superconductors: A test for the superconductivity mechanism

Satadeep Bhattacharjee and Manas Sardar

Phys. Rev. B 62, R6139(R) (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

ARTICLES

Structure, structural phase transitions, mechanical properties, defects, etc.

Optical, elastic, and dielectric studies of the phase transitions in lawsonite

P. Sondergeld, W. Schranz, A. Tröster, M. A. Carpenter, E. Libowitzky, and A. V. Kityk

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6143 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Quantum-mechanical theory of enhanced resolution in Mössbauer spectroscopy using a resonant detector

J. Odeurs, G. R. Hoy, C. L’abbé, R. N. Shakhmuratov, and R. Coussement

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6148 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

First-principles calculations of defects in oxygen-deficient silica exposed to hydrogen

Peter E. Blöchl

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6158 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Spectroscopic study and structural characterization of a Li-related photoluminescence center in neutron-irradiated Si

F. Rodriguez, G. Davies, and E. C. Lightowlers

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6180 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Electric-field-induced structural changes in deuterated potassium dihydrogen phosphate

S. J. van Reeuwijk, A. Puig-Molina, and H. Graafsma

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6192 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

The ${KD}_{2} {PO}_{4}$ ferroelectrics in external fields conjugate to the order parameter: Shear stress $σ_{6}$

I. V. Stasyuk, R. R. Levitskii, I. R. Zachek, and A. P. Moina

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6198 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Effect of Mo and Pd on the grain-boundary cohesion of Fe

W. T. Geng, A. J. Freeman, R. Wu, and G. B. Olson

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6208 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Structural origin of spectral broadening of 1.5-μm emission in ${Er}^{3 +}$ -doped tellurite glasses

A. Jha, S. Shen, and M. Naftaly

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6215 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Wave transport along surfaces with random impedance

Guillaume Bal, Valentin Freilikher, George Papanicolaou, and Leonid Ryzhik

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6228 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Creep and depinning in disordered media

Pascal Chauve, Thierry Giamarchi, and Pierre Le Doussal

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6241 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Triple-axis neutron-scattering study of phason dynamics in Al-Mn-Pd quasicrystals

Gerrit Coddens, Sandrine Lyonnard, Bernard Hennion, and Yvonne Calvayrac

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6268 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Effect of wave-function delocalization on the exciton splitting in organic conjugated materials

M. Muccini, M. Schneider, C. Taliani, M. Sokolowski, E. Umbach, D. Beljonne, J. Cornil, and J. L. Brédas

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6296 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Concept of local polaritons and optical properties of mixed polar crystals

Lev I. Deych, Alexey Yamilov, and Alexander A. Lisyansky

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6301 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Dynamics, dynamical systems, lattice effects, quantum solids, etc.

Diagrammatic quantum Monte Carlo study of the Fröhlich polaron

A. S. Mishchenko, N. V. Prokof’ev, A. Sakamoto, and B. V. Svistunov

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6317 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Magnetism

Dipolar effects in multilayers with interface roughness

P. Vargas and D. Altbir

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6337 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Monte Carlo study of the scaling of universal correlation lengths in three-dimensional $O (n)$ spin models

Martin Weigel and Wolfhard Janke

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6343 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Surface scaling behavior of isotropic Heisenberg systems: Critical exponents, structure factor, and profiles

Michael Krech

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6360 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

From Néel long-range order to spin liquids in the multiple-spin exchange model

W. LiMing, G. Misguich, P. Sindzingre, and C. Lhuillier

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6372 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Monte Carlo study of the $S = \frac{1}{2}$ and $S = 1$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a spatially anisotropic square lattice

Y. J. Kim and R. J. Birgeneau

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6378 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Elementary excitations and low-temperature behavior of the Heisenberg magnet with three or four sublattices

Milica Pavkov, Mario Škrinjar, Darko Kapor, and Stanoje Stojanović

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6385 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Randomly dilute spin models: A six-loop field-theoretic study

Andrea Pelissetto and Ettore Vicari

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6393 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Magnetic structures of the rare-earth borocarbides $R B_{2} C_{2}$ $(R = Tb,$ Dy, Ho, and Er)

J. van Duijn, J. P. Attfield, and K. Suzuki

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6410 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

One-dimensional magnetism of Rh chains on the Ag(001) surface

D. I. Bazhanov, W. Hergert, V. S. Stepanyuk, A. A. Katsnelson, P. Rennert, K. Kokko, and C. Demangeat

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6415 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Composition induced lowering of metamagnetic critical field and static magnetic properties of ${Co}_{1 - x} {Ni}_{x} {Cl}_{2} \cdot {2 H}_{2} O$

G. C. DeFotis, M. J. Wilkens, A. C. Beveridge, A. A. Narducci, M. H. Welch, H. A. King, J. S. Bergman, M. E. Cox, and R. B. Jeffers

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6421 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Temperature-dependent spin-wave behavior in Co/CoO bilayers studied by Brillouin light scattering

A. Ercole, W. S. Lew, G. Lauhoff, E. T. M. Kernohan, J. Lee, and J. A. C. Bland

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6429 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Controlled phase separation in ${La}_{0.5} {Ca}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$

P. Levy, F. Parisi, G. Polla, D. Vega, G. Leyva, H. Lanza, R. S. Freitas, and L. Ghivelder

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6437 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Structural study of the electron-doped manganites ${Sm}_{0.1} {Ca}_{0.9} {MnO}_{3}$ and $\Pr_{0.1} {Sr}_{0.9} {MnO}_{3} :$ Evidence of phase separation

C. Martin, A. Maignan, M. Hervieu, B. Raveau, Z. Jirák, M. M. Savosta, A. Kurbakov, V. Trounov, G. André, and F. Bourée

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6442 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Critical phenomena near the antiferromagnetic quantum critical point of heavy fermions

M. Lavagna and C. Pépin

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6450 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Switching of magnetic coupling by a structural symmetry change near the Mott transition in ${Ca}_{2 - x} {Sr}_{x} {RuO}_{4}$

S. Nakatsuji and Y. Maeno

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6458 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Roughness-induced instability in stripe domain patterns

Joo-Von Kim, M. Demand, M. Hehn, K. Ounadjela, and R. L. Stamps

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6467 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of binary alloys: A total-energy calculation

I. Galanakis, M. Alouani, and H. Dreyssé

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6475 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Properties of the electron-doped layered manganates ${La}_{2 - 2 x} {Ca}_{1 + 2 x} {Mn}_{2} O_{7}$ $(0.6 <~ x <~ 1.0)$

Ian D. Fawcett, Eungsoo Kim, Martha Greenblatt, Mark Croft, and Leonid A. Bendersky

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6485 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Thermodynamic and single-ion properties of ${Tb}^{3 +}$ within the collective paramagnetic-spin liquid state of the frustrated pyrochlore antiferromagnet ${Tb}_{2} {Ti}_{2} O_{7}$

M. J. P. Gingras, B. C. den Hertog, M. Faucher, J. S. Gardner, S. R. Dunsiger, L. J. Chang, B. D. Gaulin, N. P. Raju, and J. E. Greedan

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6496 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Comprehensive ESR study of the antiferromagnetic ground states in the one-dimensional spin systems ${(TMTSF)}_{2} {PF}_{6},$ ${(TMTSF)}_{2} {AsF}_{6},$ and ${(TMTTF)}_{2} Br$

M. Dumm, A. Loidl, B. Alavi, K. P. Starkey, L. K. Montgomery, and M. Dressel

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6512 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

${Li}_{4} {MgReO}_{6} :$ An $S = 1 / 2$ antiferromagnet exhibiting spin-glass behavior

M. Bieringer, J. E. Greedan, and G. M. Luke

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6521 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Site preference and magnetic properties for a perpendicular recording material: ${BaFe}_{12 - x} {Zn}_{x / 2} {Zr}_{x / 2} O_{19}$ nanoparticles

Z. W. Li,1, C. K. Ong, Z. Yang, F. L. Wei, X. Z. Zhou, J. H. Zhao, and A. H. Morrish

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6530 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Magnetic force microscopy study of dense stripe domains in Fe-B/Co-Si-B multilayers and the evolution under an external applied field

A. Asenjo, D. García, J. M. García, C. Prados, and M. Vázquez

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6538 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Microscopic theory of dipole-exchange spin waves in ferromagnetic films: Linear and nonlinear processes

R. N. Costa Filho, M. G. Cottam, and G. A. Farias

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6545 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Effect of interfacial roughness on the phase of quantum well states in Cu/Co(001) and Cu/Ni(001) systems

Hyuk J. Choi, E. Rotenberg, R. K. Kawakami, U. Bovensiepen, J. H. Wolfe, N. V. Smith, and Z. Q. Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6561 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Critical behavior of thin Ising films with noninteger thicknesses

F. D. A. Aarão Reis

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6565 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Temperature dependence of the resonant exchange coupling between two ferromagnets separated by a nonmetallic spacer

Jun-Zhong Wang, Bo-Zang Li, and Zhan-Ning Hu

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6570 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Magnetic properties of ${YVO}_{3}$ single crystals

Y. Ren, T. T. M. Palstra, D. I. Khomskii, A. A. Nugroho, A. A. Menovsky, and G. A. Sawatzky

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6577 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

EPR data on the self-interstitial complex $O 3$ in diamond

D. C. Hunt, D. J. Twitchen, M. E. Newton, J. M. Baker, J. K. Kirui, J. A. van Wyk, T. R. Anthony, and W. F. Banholzer

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6587 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Giant magnetoimpedance in amorphous ${Co}_{83.2} {Mn}_{7.6} {Si}_{5.8} B_{3.3}$ microwires

K. Mandal, S. Puerta, M. Vázquez, and A. Hernando

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6598 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

High-field magnetotransport in composite conductors: Effective-medium approximation

David J. Bergman and David G. Stroud

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6603 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Dimerization of $^{3} He$ in $^{3} He -^{4} He$ dilute mixtures filling narrow channels

Eugene P. Bashkin and John Wojdylo

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6614 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Random negative-U Hubbard model

G. Litak and B. L. Györffy

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6629 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Finite-temperature time-dependent effective theory for the Goldstone field in a BCS-type superfluid

Ian J. R. Aitchison, Georgios Metikas, and Dominic J. Lee

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6638 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Effects of Pb substitution on the vortex state of oxygen-overdoped ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ single crystal

D. Darminto, M. O. Tjia, T. Motohashi, H. Kobayashi, Y. Nakayama, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6649 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Critical currents of small ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + x}$ intrinsic Josephson junction stacks in external magnetic fields

A. Irie, S. Heim, S. Schromm, M. Mößle, T. Nachtrab, M. Gódo, R. Kleiner, P. Müller, and G. Oya

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6681 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Two-dimensional magnetic correlation and transport behavior of layered manganite ${La}_{1.4} {Sr}_{1.6} {Mn}_{2 - x} {Cu}_{x} O_{7}$

Hong Zhu, XiaoJun Xu, Li Pi, and YuHeng Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6754 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Anomalous muon-spin relaxation in the Zn-substituted ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3 - 2 y} {Zn}_{2 y} O_{7 - δ}$ around the hole concentration of $\frac{1}{8}$ per Cu

Megumi Akoshima, Yoji Koike, Isao Watanabe, and Kanetada Nagamine

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6761 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

COMMENTS

Comment on “Tetragonal to monoclinic transition in the metallic antiferromagnet $\Pr_{0.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3}$ ”

B. Raveau, M. Hervieu, and A. Maignan

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6820 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

Reply to “Comment on ‘Tetragonal to monoclinic transition in the metallic antiferromagnet $\Pr_{0.5} {Sr}_{0.5} {MnO}_{3} ’ ”$

Carlos Frontera, José Luis García-Muñoz, Anna Llobet, and Clemens Ritter

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6822 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000

ERRATA

Erratum: Possibility of periodically reentrant superconductivity in ferromagnet/superconductor layered structures [Phys. Rev. B 56, R14 283 (1997)]

M. G. Khusainov and Yu. N. Proshin

Phys. Rev. B 62, 6832 (2000) - Published 1 September, 2000