code: def format_authors(self, format='html5', deparagraph=True, mathjax=False,
                         smart=True, extra_args=None):
          
          formatted_authors = []
          for latex_author in self.authors:
              formatted_author = convert_lsstdoc_tex(
                  latex_author, format,
                  deparagraph=deparagraph,
                  mathjax=mathjax,
                  smart=smart,
                  extra_args=extra_args)
              # removes Pandoc's terminal newlines
              formatted_author = formatted_author.strip()
              formatted_authors.append(formatted_author)
          return formatted_authors
docs: Get the document authors in the specified markup format.
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          format : `str`, optional
              Output format (such as ``'html5'`` or ``'plain'``).
          deparagraph : `bool`, optional
              Remove the paragraph tags from single paragraph content.
          mathjax : `bool`, optional
              Allow pandoc to use MathJax math markup.
          smart : `True`, optional
              Allow pandoc to create "smart" unicode punctuation.
          extra_args : `list`, optional
              Additional command line flags to pass to Pandoc. See
              `lsstprojectmeta.pandoc.convert.convert_text`.
  
          Returns
          -------
          output_text : `list` of `str`
              Sequence of author names in the specified output markup format.