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Aims and Scope Physics Letters B ensures the rapid publication of letter-type communications in the fields of Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics. Articles should influence the physics community significantly. Submission Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. The electronic file, accompanied by a covering message, should be e-mailed to one of the Editors indicated below. Easy submission via the LANL-preprint server is certainly possible; please visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/plbsubmission. If electronic submission is not feasible, submission in print is possible, but it will delay publication. In the latter case manuscripts (one original + two copies), accompanied by a covering letter, should be sent to one of the following Editors: L. Alvarez-Gaumé, Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, E-mail address: [email protected] Theoretical High Energy Physics (General Theory) preferably from southern Europe J.-P. Blaizot, Service de Physique Théorique, Orme des Merisiers, C.E.A.-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, E-mail address: [email protected] Theoretical Nuclear Physics M. Cvetic,ˇ David Rittenhouse Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S, 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396, USA, E-mail address: [email protected] Theoretical High Energy Physics preferably from countries outside Europe J. Frieman, Theoretical Astrophysics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, MS 209, Batavia, IL 60510, USA, E-mail address: [email protected] Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology H. Georgi, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, E-mail address: Georgi@PHYSICS. HARVARD.EDU Theoretical High Energy Physics preferably from countries outside Europe G.F. Giudice, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, E-mail address: [email protected] Theoretical High Energy Physics preferably from southern Europe W. Haxton, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Box 351550, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1550, USA, E-mail address: [email protected] Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics P.V. Landshoff, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK, E-mail address: P.V. [email protected] Theoretical High Energy Physics preferably from northern Europe V. Metag, II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany, E-mail address: [email protected]. UNI-GIESSEN.DE Experimental Nuclear Physics L. Montanet, Deceased L. Rolandi, EP Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, E-mail address: [email protected] Experimental High Energy Physics J.P. Schiffer, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA, E-mail address: [email protected] Experimental Nuclear Physics W.-D. Schlatter, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, E-mail address: [email protected] Experimental High Energy Physics

0370-2693/2003 Published by Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(03)01273-5 vi Instructions to authors

H. Weerts, 3247 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1111, USA, E-mail address: [email protected] Experimental High Energy Physics T. Yanagida, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, E-mail address: [email protected] Theoretical High Energy Physics preferably from Asia The authors should indicate in which of the following four sections they would like to see their article published: Astrophysics & Cosmology, covered by J. Frieman and W. Haxton. Experiments, covered by V. Metag, L. Rolandi, J. Schiffer, W.-D. Schlatter and H. Weerts. Phenomenology, covered by J.-P. Blaizot, M. Cvetic,ˇ H. Georgi, G.F. Giudice,