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Physical Review B

Volume 67, Issue 17

1 May 2003

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BRIEF REPORTS

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

Pop-in effect as homogeneous nucleation of dislocations during nanoindentation

D. Lorenz, A. Zeckzer, U. Hilpert, P. Grau, H. Johansen, and H. S. Leipner

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172101 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

High thermal conductivity of solid nitrous oxide at low temperatures

P. Stachowiak, V. V. Sumarokov, J. Mucha, and A. Jeżowski

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172102 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Peierls-Nabarro landscape for martensitic phase transitions

Lev Truskinovsky and Anna Vainchtein

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172103 (2003) - Published 19 May, 2003

Metastable photoinduced phase of Cu(II) ethylenediamine complexes studied by x-ray-absorption fine-structure spectroscopy

Toshihiko Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Takahashi, and Osamu Sato

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172104 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Structural models of amorphous selenium

Pál Jóvári, Robert G. Delaplane, and László Pusztai

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172201 (2003) - Published 27 May, 2003

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

Neutron measurements of the single-particle kinetic energies in solid neon

D. N. Timms, R. O. Simmons, and J. Mayers

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172301 (2003) - Published 1 May, 2003

Magnetism

$^{5} D$ term origin of the excited triplet in ${LaCoO}_{3}$

Z. Ropka and R. J. Radwanski

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172401 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Spin-1 Ising model in a transverse crystal field

J. Oitmaa and A. M. A. von Brasch

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172402 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Scaling law of Wolff cluster surface energy

Pai-Yi Hsiao and Pascal Monceau

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172403 (2003) - Published 12 May, 2003

Ground state of a Heisenberg chain with next-nearest-neighbor bond alternation

Luca Capriotti, Federico Becca, Sandro Sorella, and Alberto Parola

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172404 (2003) - Published 12 May, 2003

Onset of exchange bias in ultrathin antiferromagnetic layers

M. Ali, C. H. Marrows, and B. J. Hickey

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172405 (2003) - Published 16 May, 2003

Pressure-induced Fermi-liquid behavior in the Kondo insulator ${SmB}_{6} :$ Possible transition through a quantum critical point

S. Gabáni, E. Bauer, S. Berger, K. Flachbart, Y. Paderno, C. Paul, V. Pavlík, and N. Shitsevalova

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172406 (2003) - Published 19 May, 2003

Coulomb correlations and magnetic anisotropy in ordered ${L 1}_{0}$ CoPt and FePt alloys

Alexander B. Shick and Oleg N. Mryasov

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172407 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

$^{29} Si$ NMR and relaxation in FeSi

M. Corti, S. Aldrovandi, M. Fanciulli, and F. Tabak

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172408 (2003) - Published 29 May, 2003

Mediated exchange interaction in Fe-Nb-B nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials

Youhui Gao, Daisuke Shindo, Teruo Bitoh, and Akihiro Makino

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172409 (2003) - Published 29 May, 2003

Depth profile of iron in a ${CaB}_{6}$ crystal

Chandana Meegoda, Michael Trenary, Takao Mori, and Shigeki Otani

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172410 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

Robust half-metallic ferromagnetism in zinc-blende CrSb

Bang-Gui Liu

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172411 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Chemical potential shift in lightly doped to overdoped ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {Ca}_{1 - x} R_{x} {Cu}_{2} O_{8 + y}$ $(R = \Pr,$ Er)

N. Harima, A. Fujimori, T. Sugaya, and I. Terasaki

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172501 (2003) - Published 1 May, 2003

Bulk superconductivity in ${Ru}_{0.9} {Sr}_{2} {YCu}_{2.1} O_{7.9}$

V. P. S. Awana, T. Kawashima, and E. Takayama-Muromachi

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172502 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Self-consistent scattering theory of the pair distribution function in charged Bose fluids

B. Davoudi, R. Asgari, M. Polini, and M. P. Tosi

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172503 (2003) - Published 6 May, 2003

Nonlocal mixing of supercurrents in Josephson ballistic point contacts

Yu. A. Kolesnichenko, A. N. Omelyanchouk, and S. N. Shevchenko

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172504 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Quantum interference between multiple impurities in anisotropic superconductors

Brian Møller Andersen and Per Hedegård

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172505 (2003) - Published 14 May, 2003

Logarithmic contribution to the density of states of rectangular Andreev billiards

A. Kormányos, Z. Kaufmann, J. Cserti, and C. J. Lambert

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172506 (2003) - Published 15 May, 2003

Phase diagram of the ${CuO}_{3}$ chains in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6 + x}$ and ${PrBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{6 + x}$

R. Franco and A. A. Aligia

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172507 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

Observation of superconductivity in thick amorphous ${Mg}_{x} B_{1 - x}$ films

S. Okuma, S. Togo, and K. Amemori

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172508 (2003) - Published 23 May, 2003

Direct evidence of the discontinuous character of the Kosterlitz-Thouless jump

Petter Minnhagen and Beom Jun Kim

Phys. Rev. B 67, 172509 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

ARTICLES

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

Raman spectra of solid isotopic hydrogen mixtures

B. J. Kozioziemski and G. W. Collins

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174101 (2003) - Published 1 May, 2003

Atomistic modeling of displacement cascades in ${La}_{2} {Zr}_{2} O_{7}$ pyrochlore

Alain Chartier, Constantin Meis, Jean-Paul Crocombette, L. René Corrales, and William J. Weber

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174102 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Understanding the NMR shifts in paramagnetic transition metal oxides using density functional theory calculations

D. Carlier, M. Ménétrier, C. P. Grey, C. Delmas, and G. Ceder

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174103 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Phase retrieval of diffraction patterns from noncrystalline samples using the oversampling method

Jianwei Miao, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Erik H. Anderson, and Keith O. Hodgson

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174104 (2003) - Published 14 May, 2003

Stability and clusterization of hydrogen-vacancy complexes in $α - Fe :$ An ab initio study

Yoshitaka Tateyama and Takahisa Ohno

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174105 (2003) - Published 14 May, 2003

Dynamical stability of the α and θ phases of alumina

Z. Łodziana and K. Parliński

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174106 (2003) - Published 16 May, 2003

Theoretical extension of the gold pressure calibration standard beyond 3 Mbars

J. C. Boettger

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174107 (2003) - Published 16 May, 2003

Two-band second moment model and an interatomic potential for caesium

Graeme J. Ackland and Stewart K. Reed

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174108 (2003) - Published 19 May, 2003

Electrical and optical properties of ${LiNbO}_{3}$ single crystals at room temperature

H. Chaib, T. Otto, and L. M. Eng

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174109 (2003) - Published 20 May, 2003

Brillouin and Raman spectroscopy of the ferroelastic rutile-to- ${CaCl}_{2}$ transition in ${SnO}_{2}$ at high pressure

Holger Hellwig, Alexander F. Goncharov, Eugene Gregoryanz, Ho-kwang Mao, and Russell J. Hemley

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174110 (2003) - Published 20 May, 2003

Photogeneration of superparaelectric large polarons in dielectrics with soft anharmonic $T_{1 u}$ phonons

Keiichiro Nasu

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174111 (2003) - Published 20 May, 2003

Dielectric, piezoelectric, and elastic properties of the Rochelle salt ${NaKC}_{4} H_{4} O_{6} {\cdot 4 H}_{2} O :$ A theory

R. R. Levitskii, I. R. Zachek, T. M. Verkholyak, and A. P. Moina

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174112 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

Distorted states of smectic A in the vicinity of the nematic–smectic- $A$ phase transition

A. Ya. Braginsky

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174113 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

Inversion of x-ray diffuse scattering to images using prepared objects

H. He, S. Marchesini, M. Howells, U. Weierstall, H. Chapman, S. Hau-Riege, A. Noy, and J. C. H. Spence

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174114 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

Deuterium NMR study of structure and motion in ${LuD}_{3}$

Vikram D. Kodibagkar, Caleb D. Browning, T. J. Udovic, and Mark S. Conradi

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174115 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

High-pressure high-temperature x-ray diffraction of β-boron to 30 GPa

Yanzhang Ma, Charles T. Prewitt, Guangtian Zou, Ho-kwang Mao, and Russell J. Hemley

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174116 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems

Electronic excitation and transient defects in ${As}_{2} S_{3}$ glass

T. Uchino and S. R. Elliott

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174201 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Correlation between configurational entropy and structural relaxation time in glass-forming liquids

D. Prevosto, M. Lucchesi, S. Capaccioli, R. Casalini, and P. A. Rolla

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174202 (2003) - Published 12 May, 2003

Site occupation in the Ni-Nb $μ$ phase

Marcel H. F. Sluiter, Alain Pasturel, and Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174203 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

Dielectric response of $N_{2} - Ar$ solid solutions in the audio frequency range

S. Pilla, J. A. Hamida, K. A. Muttalib, and N. S. Sullivan

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174204 (2003) - Published 23 May, 2003

Coulomb effects in granular materials at not very low temperatures

K. B. Efetov and A. Tschersich

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174205 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

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

Experimental observation of vibrational modes on Ag(111) along $\bar{Γ M}$ and $\bar{Γ K}$

M. W. G. Ponjée, C. F. J. Flipse, A. W. Denier van der Gon, and H. H. Brongersma

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174301 (2003) - Published 6 May, 2003

Ultrafast relaxation kinetics of excited states in a series of mini- and macro-β-carotenes

M. Yoshizawa, H. Aoki, M. Ue, and H. Hashimoto

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174302 (2003) - Published 6 May, 2003

Magnetism

Phase diagram of a coupled tetrahedral Heisenberg model

Onofre Rojas and F. C. Alcaraz

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174401 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Field dependence of magnetization reversal by spin transfer

J. Grollier, V. Cros, H. Jaffrès, A. Hamzic, J. M. George, G. Faini, J. Ben Youssef, H. Le Gall, and A. Fert

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174402 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Bond-randomness-induced Néel order in weakly coupled antiferromagnetic spin chains

A. Joshi and Kun Yang

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174403 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Ab initio studies of electric transport in terms of the real space Kubo-Greenwood equation

K. Palotás, B. Lazarovits, L. Szunyogh, and P. Weinberger

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174404 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Longitudinal magnon in the tetrahedral spin system ${Cu}_{2} {Te}_{2} O_{5} {Br}_{2}$ near quantum criticality

C. Gros, P. Lemmens, M. Vojta, R. Valentí, K.-Y. Choi, H. Kageyama, Z. Hiroi, N. V. Mushnikov, T. Goto, M. Johnsson, and P. Millet

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174405 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Effects of crystal structure and on-site Coulomb interactions on the electronic and magnetic structure of $A_{2} {Mo}_{2} O_{7}$ $(A = Y,$ Gd, and Nd) pyrochlores

I. V. Solovyev

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174406 (2003) - Published 12 May, 2003

Semiconductive and photoconductive properties of the single-molecule magnets ${Mn}_{12}$ -acetate and ${Fe}_{8} {Br}_{8}$

J. M. North, D. Zipse, N. S. Dalal, E. S. Choi, E. Jobiliong, J. S. Brooks, and D. L. Eaton

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174407 (2003) - Published 13 May, 2003

Glassy ferromagnetism and magnetic phase separation in ${La}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {CoO}_{3}$

J. Wu and C. Leighton

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174408 (2003) - Published 14 May, 2003

Negative differential magnetization in ultrathin Fe on vicinal W(100)

Yugui Yao, Hector C. Mireles, Jie Liu, Qian Niu, and J. L. Erskine

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174409 (2003) - Published 15 May, 2003

Scalar chiral ground states of spin ladders with four-spin exchanges

Tsutomu Momoi, Toshiya Hikihara, Masaaki Nakamura, and Xiao Hu

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174410 (2003) - Published 16 May, 2003

Correlation of dislocation and domain structure of Cr(001) investigated by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy

R. Ravlić, M. Bode, A. Kubetzka, and R. Wiesendanger

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174411 (2003) - Published 16 May, 2003

Magnetoresistance and nanoscopic magnetic coherence in some frustrated ferromagnets

Paolo Allia, Marco Coisson, Javier Moya, Vincenzo Selvaggini, Paola Tiberto, and Franco Vinai

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174412 (2003) - Published 19 May, 2003

Structure and magnetism of cobalt clusters

J. L. Rodríguez-López, F. Aguilera-Granja, K. Michaelian, and A. Vega

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174413 (2003) - Published 20 May, 2003

Epitaxial Ce and the magnetism of single-crystal Ce/Nd superlattices

P. S. Clegg, J. P. Goff, G. J. McIntyre, R. C. C. Ward, and M. R. Wells

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174414 (2003) - Published 21 May, 2003

Low-frequency random telegraphic noise and $1 / f$ noise in the rare-earth manganite $\Pr_{0.63} {Ca}_{0.37} {MnO}_{3}$ near the charge-ordering transition

Aveek Bid, Ayan Guha, and A. K. Raychaudhuri

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174415 (2003) - Published 21 May, 2003

Antisites and electron-doping effects on the magnetic transition of ${Sr}_{2} {FeMoO}_{6}$ double perovskite

J. Navarro, J. Nogués, J. S. Muñoz, and J. Fontcuberta

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174416 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

${Sr}_{2} V_{3} O_{9}$ and ${Ba}_{2} V_{3} O_{9} :$ Quasi-one-dimensional spin-systems with an anomalous low temperature susceptibility

E. E. Kaul, H. Rosner, V. Yushankhai, J. Sichelschmidt, R. V. Shpanchenko, and C. Geibel

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174417 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

Magnetic polarons in the one-dimensional ferromagnetic Kondo model

Winfried Koller, Alexander Prüll, Hans Gerd Evertz, and Wolfgang von der Linden

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174418 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

Double-exchange mechanism for ${CrO}_{2}$

P. Schlottmann

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174419 (2003) - Published 23 May, 2003

Noether’s theorem and conserved quantities for the crystal- and ligand-field Hamiltonians invariant under continuous rotational symmetry

C. Rudowicz and J. Qin

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174420 (2003) - Published 23 May, 2003

Formation and propagation of spin-wave envelope solitons in weakly dissipative ferrite waveguides

A. N. Slavin and H. Benner

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174421 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

Orbital order and a canted phase in the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states of 50% hole-doped colossal magnetoresistance manganites

H. Kawano-Furukawa, R. Kajimoto, H. Yoshizawa, Y. Tomioka, H. Kuwahara, and Y. Tokura

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174422 (2003) - Published 28 May, 2003

Enhanced electron-electron correlations in nanometric ${SrRuO}_{3}$ epitaxial films

G. Herranz, B. Martínez, J. Fontcuberta, F. Sánchez, C. Ferrater, M. V. García-Cuenca, and M. Varela

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174423 (2003) - Published 29 May, 2003

Interface and bulk properties of Fe/Mn sandwich structures

E. C. Passamani, B. Croonenborghs, B. Degroote, and A. Vantomme

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174424 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

Evidence of the oscillatory magnetic anisotropy in Ni/Co/Ni/Cu(100)

C. Won, Y. Z. Wu, N. Kurahashi, K. T. Law, H. W. Zhao, A. Scholl, A. Doran, and Z. Q. Qiu

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174425 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003

Superfluidity and superconductivity

Temperature dependence of spin-polarized transport in ferromagnet/unconventional superconductor junctions

T. Hirai, Y. Tanaka, N. Yoshida, Y. Asano, J. Inoue, and S. Kashiwaya

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174501 (2003) - Published 1 May, 2003

Magnetic field dependent vibrational modes in $κ - (ET)_{2} {Cu (SCN)}_{2}$

I. Olejniczak, J. Choi, J. L. Musfeldt, Y. J. Wang, J. A. Schlueter, and R. A. Klemm

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174502 (2003) - Published 1 May, 2003

Kondo effect in underdoped n-type superconductors

Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Michio Naito, and Noboru Miura

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174503 (2003) - Published 2 May, 2003

Flow of the quasiparticle weight in the N-patch renormalization group scheme

Carsten Honerkamp and Manfred Salmhofer

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174504 (2003) - Published 5 May, 2003

Josephson current in the presence of a precessing spin

Jian-Xin Zhu and A. V. Balatsky

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174505 (2003) - Published 6 May, 2003

Vibronic mechanism of high- $T_{c}$ superconductivity

M. Tachiki, M. Machida, and T. Egami

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174506 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Doping-driven transition to a time-reversal breaking state in the phase diagram of the cuprates

G. Sangiovanni, M. Capone, S. Caprara, C. Castellani, C. Di Castro, and M. Grilli

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174507 (2003) - Published 8 May, 2003

Vortex matter in layered superconductors without Josephson coupling: Numerical simulations within a mean-field approach

Hans Fangohr, Alexei E. Koshelev, and Matthew J. W. Dodgson

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174508 (2003) - Published 9 May, 2003

Theory of ${Bi}_{2} {Sr}_{2} {CaCu}_{2} O_{8 + δ}$ cross-whisker Josephson junctions

Richard A. Klemm

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174509 (2003) - Published 12 May, 2003

Cu doping effects in ${MgB}_{2}$

G. Profeta, A. Continenza, A. Floris, and S. Massidda

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174510 (2003) - Published 12 May, 2003

Fermiology and superconductivity studies on the non-tetrachalcogenafulvalene-structured organic superconductor β- ${(B D A - T T P)}_{2} {SbF}_{6}$

E. S. Choi, E. Jobilong, A. Wade, E. Goetz, J. S. Brooks, J. Yamada, T. Mizutani, T. Kinoshita, and M. Tokumoto

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174511 (2003) - Published 14 May, 2003

Quantum critical point in the ${QED}_{3}$ theory of underdoped high-temperature superconductors

Dominic J. Lee and Igor F. Herbut

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174512 (2003) - Published 16 May, 2003

Dilute resonating gases and the third virial coefficient

Paulo F. Bedaque and Gautam Rupak

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174513 (2003) - Published 19 May, 2003

Josephson effect in superconductive SNS heterostructures with barriers

Ozgur Cakir and Igor O. Kulik

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174514 (2003) - Published 19 May, 2003

Short-wavelength cutoff effects in the ac fluctuation conductivity of superconductors

D.-N. Peligrad, M. Mehring, and A. Dulčić

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174515 (2003) - Published 21 May, 2003

Intrinsic and extrinsic d-wave effects in ${YBa}_{2} {Cu}_{3} O_{7 - δ}$ grain boundary Josephson junctions: Implications for $π$ circuitry

F. Tafuri, J. R. Kirtley, F. Lombardi, and F. Miletto Granozio

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174516 (2003) - Published 21 May, 2003

Dynamic scaling and two-dimensional high- $T_{c}$ superconductors

D. R. Strachan, C. J. Lobb, and R. S. Newrock

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174517 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

Kohn-Luttinger instability of the ${t - t}^{'}$ Hubbard model in two dimensions: Variational approach

J. Mráz and R. Hlubina

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174518 (2003) - Published 22 May, 2003

Angle-resolved soft x-ray spectroscopy study of the electronic states of single-crystal ${MgB}_{2}$

G. P. Zhang, G. S. Chang, T. A. Callcott, D. L. Ederer, W. N. Kang, Eun-Mi Choi, Hyeong-Jin Kim, and Sung-Ik Lee

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174519 (2003) - Published 23 May, 2003

Thermal conductivity across the phase diagram of cuprates: Low-energy quasiparticles and doping dependence of the superconducting gap

Mike Sutherland, D. G. Hawthorn, R. W. Hill, F. Ronning, S. Wakimoto, H. Zhang, C. Proust, Etienne Boaknin, C. Lupien, Louis Taillefer, Ruixing Liang, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, Robert Gagnon, N. E. Hussey, T. Kimura, M. Nohara, and H. Takagi

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174520 (2003) - Published 23 May, 2003

From phase- to amplitude-fluctuation-driven superconductivity in systems with precursor pairing

J. Ranninger and L. Tripodi

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174521 (2003) - Published 27 May, 2003

Vortons in the SO(5) model of high-temperature superconductivity

Kirk B. W. Buckley and Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

Phys. Rev. B 67, 174522 (2003) - Published 30 May, 2003