Very near the B = 0 metal-insulator transition, the negative magnetoconduct
ance of the anomalous conducting phase in an in-plane magnetic field is det
ermined by g mu B/kT, the ratio of Zeeman energy to thermal energy. Deviati
ons from this simple form are apparent for higher electron densities. (C) 1
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