Page Layout ⇒ arXiv scientific article reproduction

[harroldc]

Good evening,

can you please help me with reproducing the format of this article on arXiv?

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1008.3907v1

The most problematic thing for me is to make the abstract narrower and the whole structure of authors and their universities, as well. I would also like to know how to create the text inserted by arXiv on the first page, on the left.

Thank you very much in advance and I recommend the article as well.

[gmedina]

Hi,

that layout can be achieved in a number of ways. The following code can give you some ideas:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{background}
\usepackage[math]{blindtext}% just to generate filler text

\SetBgScale{4}
\SetBgColor{gray}
\SetBgAngle{90}
\SetBgContents{arXiv: some other text goes here}
\SetBgPosition{-1.5,-10}
\begin{document}

{\centering

{\bfseries\Large Evidence for spatial variation of the fine structure constant\bigskip}

J. K. Webb\textsuperscript{1} , J. A. King\textsuperscript{2} , M. T. Murphy\textsuperscript{2} , V. V. Flambaum1 , R. F. Carswell\textsuperscript{3} , and M. B. Bainbridge\textsuperscript{1} \\
  {\itshape
\textsuperscript{1}School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia \\
\textsuperscript{2}Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, \\
Mail H39, PO Box 218, Victoria 3122, Australia and \\
\textsuperscript{3} Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, England. \\
\normalfont (Dated: August 25, 2010)

  }
}

\begin{abstract}
We previously reported observations of quasar spectra from the Keck telescope suggesting a smaller value of the fine structure constant, α, at high redshift. A new sample of $153$ measurements from the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), probing a different direction in the universe, also depends on redshift, but in the opposite sense, that is, α appears on average to be larger in the past. The combined dataset is well represented by a spatial dipole, significant at the 4.1σ level, in the direction right ascension $17.3 \pm 0.6$ hours, declination $−61 \pm 9$ degrees. A detailed analysis for systematics,
using observations duplicated at both telescopes, reveals none which are likely to emulate this result.
\bigskip

\noindent PACS numbers: 06.20.Jr, 95.30.Dr, 95.30.Sf, 98.62.Ra, 98.80.-k, 98.80.Es, 98.80.Jk

\end{abstract}


\begin{multicols}{2}
% the article contents goes here
\blinddocument % just to produce some filler text
\end{multicols}

\end{document}

[localghost]

Seems to be done with the elsarticle class (perhaps with some modifications). By the way, the lettering on the left side will be done as described in the help section of arXiv.org [1]. It is generated by their compiler system during compilation of the submitted source code.

[1] arXiv.org help — Considerations for TeX Submissions


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[harroldc]

Splendid! Thank you both very much.

This time I am going to use gmedina's solution, which I have modified a little, as it is easier to implement and I currently do not have time to read through the documentation to elsarticle class.

May you have a nice weekend.

[localghost]

Just for the record. A nice formatting can be done with the authblk package for title formatting, several other packages for minor tweaks and some own structures. See sample below.

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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[nohead,includefoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[compact,raggedright,small]{titlesec}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage[runin]{abstract}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{blindtext}

% General settings
\setlength{\columnsep}{6mm}

% New commands and environments
\newcommand*{\pacsname}{PACS numbers}
\newenvironment{pacs}{%
  \begin{list}{}{%
    \settowidth{\labelwidth}{\pacsname:}
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}
    \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}
  }
  \item[\pacsname:]
}
{\end{list}}

% Title setup (authblk)
\addto{\Affilfont}{\small}
\renewcommand{\Authfont}{\normalsize}

\title{\large\bfseries Evidence for spatial variation of the fine structure constant}
\date{\small (Dated August 25, 2010)}
\author[1]{J. K. Webb}
\author[1]{J. A. King}
\author[2]{M. T. Murphy}
\author[1]{V. V. Flambaum}
\author[3]{R. F. Carswell}
\author[1]{M. B. Bainbridge}
\affil[1]{School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia}
\affil[2]{Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology,\par Mail H39, PO Box 218, Victoria 3122, Australia}
\affil[3]{Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, England}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle

  \begin{abstract}
    \blindtext
    \begin{pacs}
      06.20.Jr, 95.30.Dr, 95.30.Sf, 98.62.Ra, 98.80.-k, 98.80.Es, 98.80.Jk
    \end{pacs}
  \end{abstract}
  \begin{multicols}{2}
    \blinddocument
  \end{multicols}
\end{document}

The sample does not produce the mark on the left because as already mentioned this is done during compilation by arXiv.