Dear Colleagues: The final publication layout will be produced by using raa.cls. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to prepare your LaTeX manuscript with this class file. Please unpack raa-package.tar.gz, it includes raa.cls ---- RAA macro class file for LaTeX2e sample.tex ---- a sample file using raa.cls (LaTeX source) sample.pdf ---- the PDF file created by sample.tex in referee format readme ---- this file natbib.sty ---- This package reimplements the LaTeX \cite command f?.eps ---- two demo figures used in the LaTeX template source Hope you enjoy the use of this macro. Your suggestions and comments are highly welcome. Thanks. Editorial Office E-mail: raa@raa-journal.org