You can make pretty LaTeX documents by using the "ligodoc.cls" stylesheet.

• attachment:ligodoc.cls

To install it on a linux machine, put it in the directory "~/texmf/tex/latex/" and then LaTeX will always be able to find it.

Be sure to [http://antares.ligo.caltech.edu/dcc/numdefault.htf get a DCC number] for your document.

Here's a snippet of LaTeX that will get you started:

\documentclass{ligodoc}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
\usepackage{hyperref}

\ligodccnumber{T}{07}{XXXX}{00}{X}
\ligodistribution{LIGO Scientific Collaboration}
\ligodraft

\title{Put your title here}
\author{your name}
\date{the date}

\begin{document}

\section{Introduction}

Once upon a time...

\section{Another section}

\subsection{Here's a subsection}

\begin{equation}
H |\psi\rangle = -i\hbar \frac{\partial}{\partial t} |\psi\rangle
\end{equation}

\end{document}

References

You can either use an external bibliography file or you can build your references into your .tex file.

To put your references into your tex file, do something like:

\begin{thebibliography}{99}

\bibitem{mLIGO-0}
P.~Fritschel and R.~Adhikari and R.~Weiss,
``Enhancements to the LIGO detectors'',
\href{http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/T/T050252-00.pdf}
{\tt http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/T/T050252-00.pdf}

\bibitem{SRD}
A.~Lazzarini and R.~Weiss,
``{LIGO} Science Requirements Document'',
\href{http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/E/E950018-02.pdf}
 {\tt http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/E/E950018-02.pdf}

\end{thebibliography}

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