\newdimen\vspace@serial
\vspace@serial=0.15\textheight
\def\serial#1{\gdef\@serial{#1}}
\def\affiliation#1{\gdef\@affiliation{#1}}
%
\def\maketitle{\par
 \begingroup
 \def\thefootnote{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
 \def\@makefnmark{\hbox 
 to 0pt{$^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}} 
 \if@twocolumn 
 \twocolumn[\@maketitle] 
 \else \newpage
 \global\@topnum\z@ \@maketitle \fi\thispagestyle{plain}\@thanks
 \endgroup
 \setcounter{footnote}{0}
 \let\serial\relax\gdef\@serial{}
 \let\maketitle\relax
 \let\@maketitle\relax
 \let\affiliation\relax\gdef\@affiliation{}
 \gdef\@thanks{}\gdef\@author{}\gdef\@title{}\let\thanks\relax}
\def\@maketitle{\newpage
 \null
 \vskip 1em \begin{flushright} Super-Kamiokande NOTE \@serial \par
 \end{flushright}
 \vskip 1em \begin{center}
 {\LARGE \@title \par} \vskip 1.5em {\large \lineskip .5em
\begin{tabular}[t]{c}\@author \\ \@affiliation
 \end{tabular}\par} 
 \vskip 1em {\large \@date} \end{center}
 \par
 \vskip 1.5em} 
\def\abstract{\if@twocolumn
\section*{Abstract}
\else \small 
\begin{center}
{\bf Abstract\vspace{-.5em}\vspace{0pt}} 
\end{center}
\quotation 
\fi}
\def\endabstract{\if@twocolumn\else\endquotation\fi}