Instructions for Writing Proceedings for Beauty 2003:

• The proceedings for Beauty 2003 will be published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Detailed instructions on how to write your proceedings are given below.
  
  
• A set of macros, style files and a LaTeX template can be found as
  • tar-file
  • gzipped tar-file
  • zip-file
  • directory with individual files
  These (compressed) files contain all necessary style files needed for using the aipproc class.
  
  
• Use the template Beauty2003_template.tex as starting point for writing your proceedings. It contains examples of how to includes figures, create tables and other examples.
  
  
• Please try to avoid excessive use of "\def", "\newcommand" or "\renewcommand". We provide a macro file from BaBar for common definitions of particle names etc. that you can make use of. It is called babarsym.tex and included in the distributions above. If needed other "standard" packages such as "amsmath" can be included.
  
  
• If some figures or tables appear too small in a single column, please use two-column figures or tables. Keep in mind that for some colour pictures reproduced in gray-scale, some colours don't show up and others cannot be distinguished from each other. Please check the quality of the figures by printing the final draft on a black and white printer.
  
  
• We encourage the use of bibtex for citations. A sample bibtex file called Beauty2003_sample.bib is included in the distribution. You can include your citations in bibtex format using SPIRES. Click on the "BibTeX" link of the found citation and paste the given content into your Beauty2003_sample.bib file. The use of bibtex conveniently takes care of correctly ordering your references or ignores references in your .bib file that are not used in the Latex file. To run bibtex you have to issues the following commands
  • latex Beauty2003_template
  • bibtex Beauty2003_template
  • latex Beauty2003_template
  • latex Beauty2003_template
  As you can see, you need to re-run LaTeX twice to fix the references after you obtained the bibliography by running bibtex.
  
  
• When you run "latex Beauty2003_template" you will see that a test is performed to check if all files required for the aipproc class are available with your LaTeX installation. If you encounter problems consult the files "README.txt" and "FAQ.txt". Useful hints are also given at the AIP website. In addition, please do not hesitate to contact us.
  
  
• The page limit for your contributions is according to the length of your talk:
  • 20 min talk [17+3] --> 4 pages
  • 25 min talk [20+5] --> 5 pages
  • 30 min talk [25+5] --> 6 pages
  • 45 min talk [35+10] --> 8 pages
  • Panel discussion --> 3 pages
  
  
• You are welcome to post your proceedings at the preprint archives but please note the "Web Posting Guidelines for Papers Published in AIP Conference Proceedings" posted at the bottom of the AIP website for authors.
  
  
• Samim Erhan and Manfred Paulini will serve as editors for the proceedings. Please send the latex and bibtex source files plus all postscript files of figures to Samim Erhan and Manfred Paulini
  
  
• Most important: The deadline for submitting your proceeding is DECEMBER 1, 2003. We still like to work with a short deadline for the proceedings. If this causes problems for you, please contact us well in advance.