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Papers by PhD students

1. Dawson, P., Scholz, A., Ray, T., Marsh, K. A., Wood, K., Natta, A., Padgett, D., Ressler, M. E.:
   New brown dwarf disks in Upper Scorpius observed with WISE
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013, 429, 903, astro-ph/1211.4484
2. Costigan, G., Scholz, A., Stelzer, B., Ray, T., Vink, J. S., Mohanty, S.:
   LAMP: The Long-term Accretion Monitoring Program of T Tauri stars in Chamaeleon-I
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2012, 427, 1344, astro-ph/1209.0462
3. Dawson, P., Scholz, A., Ray, T.:
   New brown dwarfs in the south part of the Upper Scorpius Association
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011, 418, 1231, astro-ph/1108.1309

SONYC - Substellar objects in nearby young clusters

1. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Muzic, K., Geers, V., Tamura, M., Tanaka, I.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC) VI: The planetary-mass domain of NGC1333
   Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 756, 24 astro-ph/1207.1449
2. Muzic, K., Scholz, A., Geers, V., Jayawardhana, R., Tamura, M.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC) V: New brown dwarfs in rho Ophiuchi
   Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 744, 134, astro-ph/1110.1640
3. Scholz, A., Muzic, K., Geers, V., Bonavita, M., Jayawardhana, R., Tamura, M.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC) IV: A census of very low mass objects in NGC1333
   Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 744, 6, astro-ph/1110.1639
4. Muzic, K., Scholz, A., Geers, V., Fissel, L., Jayawardhana, R.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC) III: Chamaeleon-I
   Astrophysical Journal, 2011, 732, 86, astro-ph/1103.0978
5. Geers, V., Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Lee, E., Lafreniere, D., Tamura, M.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC) II: The Brown Dwarf Population of Rho Ophiuchi
   Astrophysical Journal, 2011, 726, 23, astro-ph/1010.5801
6. Scholz, A., Geers, V., Jayawardhana, R., Fissel, L., Lee, E., Lafreniere, D., Tamura, M.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC): The bottom of the Initial Mass Function in NGC1333
   Astrophysical Journal, 2009, 702, 805, astro-ph/0907.2243

TOYS - Time-domain Observations of Young Stars

1. Scholz, A., Froebrich, D., Wood, K.:
   A systematic survey for eruptive young stellar objects using mid-infrared photometry
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013, 430, 2910 astro-ph/1301.3152
2. Scholz, A.:
   The frequency of large variations in the near-infrared fluxes of T Tauri stars
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2012, 720, 1495, astro-ph/1111.1940
3. Scholz, A., Stelzer, B., Costigan, G., Barrado, D., Eislöffel, J., Lillo-Box, , J., Riviere-Marichalar, P., Stoev, H.:
   Magnetic activity and accretion on FU Tau A: Clues from variability
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2012, 419, 1271, astro-ph/1109.3474
4. Caratti o Garatti, A., Garcia Lopez, R., Scholz, A., Giannini, T., Eislöffel, J., Nisini, B., Massi, F., Antoniucci, S., Ray, T. P.:
   The outburst of an embedded low-mass YSO in L1641
   Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 2011, 526, 1, astro-ph/1012.0281
5. Scholz, A., Xu, X., Jayawardhana, R., Wood, K., Eislöffel, J., Quinn, C.:
   Hot spots and a clumpy disk: Variability of brown dwarfs and stars in the young Sigma Ori cluster
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2009, 398, 873, astro-ph/0907.0476
6. Nguyen, D. C., Scholz, A., van Kerkwijk, M. H., Jayawardhana, R., Brandeker, A.:
   How Variable is Accretion in Young Stars?
   Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2009, 694, 153, astro-ph/0902.4235
7. Stelzer, B., Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R.:
   Emission Line Variability of the Accreting Young Brown Dwarf 2MASSW J1207334-393254: From Hours to Years
   Astrophysical Journal, 2007, 671, 842 astro-ph/0707.1754
8. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R.:
   Variable Accretion and Outflow in Young Brown Dwarfs
   Astrophysical Journal, 2006, 638, 1056, astro-ph/0510629
9. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Brandeker, A.:
   Whims of an Accreting Young Brown Dwarf: Exploring Emission Line Variability of 2MASSW J1207334-393254
   Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2005, 629, 41, astro-ph/0507122

The Toronto Trilogy: Dusty disks around brown dwarfs

1. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R.:
   Dusty disks at the bottom of the Initial Mass Function
   Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2008, 672, 49, astro-ph/0711.2510
2. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Wood, K., Meeus, G., Stelzer, B., Walker, Ch., O'Sullivan, M.:
   Evolution of brown dwarf disks: A Spitzer survey in Upper Scorpius
   Astrophysical Journal, 2007, 660, 1517 astro-ph/0701703
3. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Wood, K.:
   Exploring brown dwarf disks: A 1.3 mm survey in Taurus
   Astrophysical Journal, 2006, 645, 1498, astro-ph/0603619

PhD Series: Rotation and activity in very low mass objects

1. Scholz, A., Irwin, J., Bouvier, J., Sipocz, B., Hodgkin, S., Eislöffel, J.:
   Rotation periods for very low mass stars in Praesepe
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011, 413, 2595, astro-ph/1101.1967
2. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J., Mundt, R.:
   Long-term monitoring in IC4665: Fast rotation and weak variability in very low mass objects
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2009, 400, 1548, astro-ph/0908.2811
3. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
   The first rotation periods in Praesepe
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007, 381, 1638 astro-ph/0708.2274
4. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J., Froebrich, D.:
   Constraining the properties of spots on Pleiades very low mass stars
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005, 438, 675, astro-ph/0505567
5. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
   Rotation and variability of very low mass objects near EpsilonOri
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005, 429, 1007, astro-ph/0410101
6. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
   Rotation periods for very low mass stars in the Pleiades
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2004, 421, 259, astro-ph/0405022
7. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
   Rotation and accretion of very low mass objects in the SigmaOri cluster
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2004, 419, 249, astro-ph/0404014

Other papers on stellar rotation and activity

1. Stassun, K. G., Kratter, K., Scholz, A., Dupuy, T.:
   An Empirical Correction for Activity Effects on the Temperatures, Radii, and Estimated Masses of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
   Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 756, 47, astro-ph/1206.4930
2. Scholz, A., Coffey, J., Brandeker, A., Jayawardhana, R.:
   Rotation and activity of pre-main sequence stars
   Astrophysical Journal, 2007, 662, 1254, astro-ph/0704.3266
3. Collier Cameron, A., Davidson, V. A., Hebb, L., Skinner, G., Anderseon, D. R., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Irwin, J., Joshi, Y., Haswell, C. A., Hellier, C., Horne, K. D., Kane, S. R., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., Norton, A. J., Parley, N., Pollacco, D., Ryans, R., Scholz, A., Skillen, I., Smalley, B., Street, R. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Wheatley, P. J.:
   The main-sequence rotation-colour relation in the Coma Berenices open cluster
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2009, 400, 451, astro-ph/0908.0189
4. Nguyen, D. C., Jayawardhana, R., van Kerkwijk, M., Brandeker, A., Scholz, A., Damjanov, I.:
   Disk-Braking in Young Stars: Probing Rotation in Chamaeleon I and Taurus-Auriga
   Astrophysical Journal, 2009, 695, 1648 astro-ph/0902.0001
5. Herbst, W. H., Eislöffel, J., Mundt, R., Scholz, A.:
   The Rotation of Young Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
   Refereed review for 'Protostars & Planets V', 297, astro-ph/0603673
6. Lamm, M. H., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Mundt, R., Herbst, W., Scholz, A.:
   A Rotational and Variability Study of a Large Sample of PMS Stars in NGC2264
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2004, 417, 557, astro-ph/0402188

Survey work

1. Stelzer, B., Scholz, A.:
   A Chandra and Spitzer census of the young star cluster in the reflection nebula NGC 7129
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009, 507, 227, astro-ph/0907.4252
2. Lopez Marti, B., Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A., Mundt, R.:
   The brown dwarf population in the Chamaeleon I cloud
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2004, 416, 555, astro-ph/0312026

Young stars and their environment

1. Mohanty, S., Greaves, J., Mortlock, D., Pascucci, I., Scholz, A., Thompson, M., Apai, D., Lodato, G., Looper, D.:
   Protoplanetary Disk Masses from Stars to Brown Dwarfs
   Astrophysical Journal, in press, astro-ph/1305.6896
2. Stelzer, B., Alcala, J. M., Scholz, A., Natta, A., Randich, S., Covino, E.:
   X-shooter spectroscopy of FU Tauri A
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013, 551, 106, astro-ph/1301.0410
3. Ricci, L., Testi, L., Natta, A., Scholz, A., de Gregorio Monsalvo, I.:
   ALMA Observations of Rho-Oph 102: Grain Growth and Molecular Gas in the Disk around a Young Brown Dwarf
   Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2012, 761, 20, astro-ph/1211.6743
4. Stelzer, B., Scholz, A., Argiroffi, C., Micela, G.:
   The enigmatic young brown dwarf binary FU Tau: accretion and activity
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010, 408, 1095, astro-ph/1006.2717
5. Scholz, A., Wood, K., Wilner, D., Jayawardhana, R., Delorme, P., Caratti o Garatti, A., Ivanov, V. D., Saviane, I., Whitney, B.:
   A multiwavelength view of the protostellar binary IRAS04325+2402: a case for turbulent fragmentation
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010, 409, 1557, astro-ph/1007.3995
6. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Wood, K., Lafreniere, D., Schreyer, K., Doyon, R.:
   IRAS04325+2402C: A very low mass object with an edge-on disk
   Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2008, 681, 29, astro-ph/0806.2318
7. Jayawardhana, R., Coffey, J., Scholz, A., Brandeker, A., van Kerkwijk, M.:
   Accretion Disks around Young Stars: Lifetimes, Disk Locking and Variability
   Astrophysical Journal, 2006, 648, 1206, astro-ph/0605601
8. Damjanov, I., Jayawardhana, R., Scholz, A., Ahmic, M., Nguyen, D. C., Brandeker, A., van Kerkwijk, M. H.:
   A Comprehensive View of Circumstellar Disks in Chamaeleon I: Infrared Excess, Accretion Signatures and Binarity
   Astrophysical Journal, 2007, 670, 1337, astro-ph/0708.0266

IC1396 and (kind of) related papers

1. Scholz, A., Froebrich, D., Davis, C. J., Meusinger, H.:
   A near-infrared variability study in the cloud IC1396W: low star-forming efficiency and two new eclipsing binaries
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2010, 406, 505, astro-ph/1003.2632
2. Froebrich, D., Meusinger, H., Scholz, A.:
   NTT follow-up observations of star cluster candidates from the FSR catalogue
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2008, 390, 1598, astro-ph/0808.2159
3. Froebrich, D., Meusinger, H., Scholz, A.:
   FSR1735 - a new globular cluster candidate in the inner Galaxy,
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007, 377, 54 astro-ph/0703318
4. Froebrich, D., Scholz, A., Raftery, C. L.:
   A systematic survey for infrared star clusters with |b|<20deg using 2MASS
   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007, 374, 399, astro-ph/0610146
5. Froebrich, D., Ray, T., Murphy, G., Scholz, A.:
   A Galactic plane relative extinction map from 2MASS
   Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 2005, 432, 67, astro-ph/0501654
6. Froebrich, D., Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J., Murphy, G.:
   Star formation in globules in IC1396
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2005, 432, 575, astro-ph/0411706
7. Froebrich, D., Scholz, A.:
   Young Stars and Outflows in the globule IC1396W
   Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2003, 407, 207, astro-ph/0305370

TERAMOBILE

1. Bourayou, R., Mejean, M., Kasparian, J., Rodriguez, M., Salmon, E., Yu, J., Lehmann, H., Stecklum, B., Laux, U., Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A., Hatzes, A. P., Sauerbrei, R., Wöste, L., Wolf, J.-P.:
   Extended characterization of cloud microphysics using white-light filaments
   Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2005, 22, 2, (see the TERAMOBILE website)
   
2. Rodriguez, M., Bourayou, R., Mejean, G., Kasparian, J., Yu, J., Salmon, E., Scholz, A., Stecklum, B., Eislöffel, J., Laux, U., Hatzes, A. P., Sauerbrei, R., Wöste, L., Wolf, J.-P.:
   Kilometer-range non-linear propagation of fs laser pulses
   Physical Reviews E, 2004, 69, 036607, (see the TERAMOBILE website)
   
3. Mejean, G., Kasparian, J., Salmon, E., Yu, J., Wolf, J.-P., Bourayou, R., Sauerbrey, R., Rodriguez, M., Wöste, L., Lehmann, H., Stecklum, B., Laux, U., Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A., Hatzes, A. P.:
   Towards a supercontinuum-based infrared Lidar
   Applied Physics B, 2003, 77, 357, (see the TERAMOBILE website)
   

Accidental papers

1. Ahmic, M., Jayawardhana, R., Brandeker, A., Scholz, A., van Kerkwijk, M., Delgado-Donate, E., Froebrich, D.:
   Multiplicity Among Young Brown Dwarfs and Very Low Mass Stars
   Astrophysical Journal, 2007, 671, 2074, astro-ph/0708.3851
2. Herbst, W., Hamilton, C.H., Vrba, F.J., Ibrahimov, M.A., Bailer-Jones, C.A.L., Mundt, R., Lamm, M., Mazeh, T., Webster, Z.T., Haisch, K.E., Williams, E.C., Rhodes, A.H., Balonek, T.J., Scholz, A., Riffeser, A.:
   Fine Structure in the Circumstellar Environment of a Young, Solar-like Star: the Unique Eclipses of KH 15D
   Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002, 114, 1167, astro-ph/0208203
3. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Fox, D. B., Soderberg, A. M., Harrison, F. A., et al. (32 authors, including Scholz, A.):
   Afterglows, Redshifts, and Properties of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts
   Astrophysical Journal, 2005, 634, 501, astro-ph/0505107

Thesis Work

1. Dissertation: Die Rotation sehr massearmer Objekte
   University of Jena, 2004
   Abstract
2. Diploma thesis: Photometrische Variabilität von Braunen Zwergen und sehr massearmen Sternen
   University of Würzburg, 2000
   

Conference proceedings (almost complete)

1. Jayawardhana, R., Muzic, K., Scholz, A., Geers, V., Tamura, M.:
   Substellar Objects in Nearby Young Clusters (SONYC): Latest Results
   American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2011, 218, 121.02
2. Nguyen, D. C., Brandeker, A., Jayawardhana, R., van Kerkwijk, M. H., Scholz, A.:
   Multiplicity in Star Formation: Close Binaries in Chamaeleon I and Taurus-Auriga
   Proceedings of 'Cool stars, stellar systems, and the Sun 15', AIP Conference Proceedings, 2009, 1094, 848
3. Seifahrt, A., Reiners, A., Scholz, A., Basri, G.:
   Activity and rotation of low mass stars in young open clusters
   Proceedings of 'Cool stars, stellar systems, and the Sun 15', AIP Conference Proceedings, 2009, 1094, 373
4. Reiners, A., Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J., Hallinan, G., Berger, E., Browning, M., Irwin, J., Küker, M., Matt, S.:
   The rotation-magnetic field relation
   Proceedings of 'Cool stars, stellar systems, and the Sun 15', AIP Conference Proceedings, 2009, 1094, 250
5. Scholz, A.:
   Stellar spindown: From the ONC to the Sun
   Proceedings of 'Cool stars, stellar systems, and the Sun 15', AIP Conference Proceedings, 2009, 1094, 61
6. Cuong Nguyen, D., Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Brandeker, A., van Kerkwijk, M. H.:
   How Variable is Accretion in Young Stars?
   American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2009, 213, 318.02
7. Scholz, A.:
   Formation and Evolution of Brown Dwarfs
   AG-Tagung 2008, Reviews in Modern Astronomy, 2008, 20, 357
8. Froebrich, D., Meusinger, H., Scholz, A., Raftery, C. L., Davis, C. J.:
   A Systematic Search for Missing Milky Way Globular Clusters in the Zone of Avoidance
   AG-Tagung 2007, Astronomische Nachrichten, 2007, 328, 701
9. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
   The rotation of very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
   Proceedings of 'Star-Disk Interaction in Young Stars', International Astronomical Union Symposium 243, 2007, 241
10. Ahmic, M., Jayawardhana, R., Brandeker, A., Scholz, A., van Kerkwijk, M. H., Delgado-Donate, E., Froebrich, D.:
    Multiplicity Among Young Brown Dwarfs and Very Low Mass Stars
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2007, 209, 4006
11. Coffey, J., Jayawardhana, R., Scholz, A., Brandeker, A., van Kerkwijk, M. H.:
    Getting to Know the Sun's Young Neighbors: Disk Accretion, Activity and Rotation
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2005, 207, 1011
12. Scholz, A., Jayawardhana, R., Eislöffel, J., Froebrich, D.:
    Rotation and variability of young very low mass objects
    Proceedings of 'Ultralow-mass star formation and evolution', Astronomische Nachrichten, 2005, 326, 895
13. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
    Rotation and Disc Accretion in Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
    Proceedings of 'Volterra 2004', Mem. S.A.It., 2005, 76, 331
14. Lopez Marti, B., Eislöffel, J., Mundt, R., Scholz, A.:
    New VLM members of southern star forming regions
    Proceedings of 'Volterra 2004', Mem. S.A.It., 2005, 76, 259
15. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
    Rotational evolution of very low mass stars and Brown Dwarfs
    AG-Tagung 2004, Astronomische Nachrichten 325, Supplementary Issue 1, 5
16. Eislöffel, J., Mohanty, S., Scholz, A.:
    Formation and evolution of very low mass stars and Brown Dwarfs
    Proceedings of 'Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun 13', 2005, 560, 281
17. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
    Rotational evolution of very low mass stars and Brown Dwarfs
    Proceedings of 'Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun 13', 2005, 560, 207
18. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
    Rotation of young very low mass objects
    Proceedings of the ESO Workshop on 'High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy', 2005, 493
19. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
    Rotation of young very low mass objects
    AG-Tagung 2003, Astronomische Nachrichten 324, Supplementary Issue 3, 34
20. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
    The formation and early evolution of very low mass objects
    AG-Tagung 2003, Astronomische Nachrichten 324, 2004, Supplementary Issue 3, 33
21. Froebrich, D., Scholz, A.:
    The enigmatic outflow alignments in small Globules - a Case Study of IC1396W
    AG-Tagung 2003, Astronomische Nachrichten 324, 2004, Supplementary Issue 3, 116
22. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A., Lopez Marti, B.:
    The formation and early evolution of very low mass objects
    Proceedings for JENAM 2003, Baltic Astronomy, 2004, 13, 491
23. Froebrich, D., Scholz, A.:
    The enigmatic outflow alignments in small Globules - a Case Study of IC1396W
    Proceedings for JENAM 2003, Baltic Astronomy, 2004, 13, 483
24. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
    Rotation and Accretion of Brown Dwarfs in the SigmaOri Cluster
    AG-Tagung 2002, Astronomische Nachrichten 324, 2003, Supplementary Issue 2, 7
25. Woitas, J., Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
    A Survey For Low-mass Members of the Taurus-Auriga Association
    AG-Tagung 2002, Astronomische Nachrichten 324, 2003, Supplementary Issue 2, 63
26. Hamilton, C.H., Herbst, W., Vrba, F.J., Ibrahimov, M.A., Bailer-Jones, C.A.L., Mundt, R., Lamm, M., Mazeh, T., Webster, Z.T., Haisch, K.E., Williams, E.C., Rhodes, A.H., Balonek, T.J., Scholz, A., Riffeser, A.:
    KH15D: Detection of Significant Structure in the Circumstellar Disk of a Pre-Main Sequence Star
    AG-Tagung 2002, Astronomische Nachrichten 324, 2003, Supplementary Issue 2, 9
27. Hamilton, C. M., Herbst, W., Rhodes, A., Bailer-Jones, C. A. L., Mundt, R., Vrba, F. J., Mazeh, T., von Hippel, T., Crowe, R., Ibrimahov, M., Haisch, K., Webster, Z., Scholz, A.:
    Detection of Significant Structure in the Circumstellar Disk of a Pre-Main Sequence Star
    American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2002, 200, 1107
28. Eislöffel, J., Scholz, A.:
    Variability and Rotation in Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
    Proceedings of 'The Origin of Stars and Planets: The VLT View:', 2002, 219
29. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J.:
    Rotation and Atmospheres of Brown Dwarfs
    Astron. Ges. Abstract Ser., 2001, 18, P28
30. Lamm, M., Mundt, R., Bailer-Jones, C.A.L., Herbst, W., Scholz, A.:
    Variability and Rotation of Pre-Main Sequence Stars in NGC2264
    Astron. Ges. Abstract Ser., 2001, 18, P20
31. Scholz, A., Eislöffel, J., Mundt, R.:
    Periodic Variability of Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs.
    Astron. Ges. Abstract Ser., 2000, 17, A05