[texhax] Long author lists in article.cls

[gen (Eugene Chudakov)]

There is a strong limitation on the number of authors
in LaTeX article.cls (I am using tetex-1.0.7-47.1).
Perhaps it is a single-title-page limitation.

A lot of modern articles in particle physics, astrophysics etc,
have hundreds of authors from dozens of institutions,
which needs several pages to fit. The classes from
publishers, like elsart.cls from Elsevier or revtex from APS
are capable of handling these long lists. Unfortunately,
they bring in some unwanted features. 

Is there a style for a long author list for article.cls,
or just a patch for this class? 

Thanks for an advice,
Eugene