Limits on an energy dependence of the speed of light from a flare of the active galaxy PKS 2155-304

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Aharonian, F ^a,m   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Barres De Almeida, U ^h   Bazer Bachi, A R ^c   Becherini, Y ^l   Behera, B ⁿ   Beilicke, M ^d   Benbow, W ^a   Bernlohr K ^a,e   Boisson, C ^f   Bochow, A ^a   Borrel, V ^c   Braun, I ^a   Brion, E ^g   Brucker, J ^p   Brun, P ^g   Buhler R ^a   Bulik, T ^w   Busching I ⁱ   Boutelier, T ^c   Carrigan, S ^a   Chadwick, P M ^h   Charbonnier, A ^r   Chaves, R C G ^a   Chounet, L M ^j   Clapson, A C ^a   Coignet, G ^k   Costamante, L ^a,ab   Dalton, M ^e   Degrange, B ^j   Deil, C ^a   Dickinson, H J ^h   Djannati Atai A ^l   Domainko, W ^a   Drury, L O 'C ^m   Dubois, F ^k   Dubus, G ^c   Dyks, J ^w   Egberts, K ^a   Emmanoulopoulos, D ⁿ   Espigat, P ^l   Farnier, C ^o   Feinstein, F ^o   Fiasson, A ^o   Forster A ^a   Fontaine, G ^j   Fussling M ^e   Gabici, S ^m   Gallant, Y A ^o   Gerard L ^l   Giebels, B ^j   Glicenstein, J F ^g   Gluck B ^p   Goret, P ^g   Hadjichristidis, C ^h   Hauser, D ⁿ   Hauser, M ⁿ   Heinz, S ^p   Heinzelmann, G ^d   Henri, G ^c   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^x   Hoffmann, A ^q   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ⁱ   Hoppe, S ^a   Horns, D ^d   Jacholkowska, A ^r   De Jager, O C ⁱ   Jung, I ^p   Katarzynski K ^z   Kaufmann, S ⁿ   Kendziorra, E ^q   Kerschhaggl, M ^e   Khangulyan, D ^a   Khelifi B ^j   Keogh, D ^h   Komin, Nu ^o   Kosack, K ^a   Lamanna, G ^k   Lenain, J P ^f   Lohse, T ^e   Marandon, V ^l   Martin, J M ^f   Martineau Huynh, O ^r   Marcowith, A ^o   Maurin, D ^r   McComb, T J L ^h   Medina, C ^f   Moderski, R ^w   Moulin, E ^g   Naumann Godo, M ^j   De Naurois, M ^r   Nedbal, D ^s   Nekrassov, D ^a   Niemiec, J ^aa   Nolan, S J ^h   Ohm, S ^a   Olive, J F ^c   De Ona Wilhelmi E ^l,ab   Orford, K J ^h   Osborne, J L ^h   Ostrowski, M ^v   Panter, M ^a   Pedaletti, G ⁿ   Pelletier, G ^c   Petrucci, P O ^c   Pita, S ^l   Puhlhofer G ⁿ   Punch, M ^l   Quirrenbach, A ⁿ   Raubenheimer, B C ⁱ   Raue, M ^a,ab   Rayner, S M ^h   Renaud, M ^a   Rieger, F ^a,ab   Ripken, J ^d   Rob, L ^s   Rosier Lees, S ^k   Rowell, G ^y   Rudak, B ^w   Ruppel, J ^t   Sahakian, V ^b   Santangelo, A ^q   Schlickeiser, R ^t   Schock F M ^p   Schroder R ^t   Schwanke, U ^e   Schwarzburg, S ^q   Schwemmer, S ⁿ   Shalchi, A ^t   Skilton, J L ^x   Sol, H ^f   Spangler, D ^h   Stawarz, L ^v   Steenkamp, R ^u   Stegmann, C ^p   Superina, G ^j   Tam, P H ⁿ   Tavernet, J P ^r   Terrier, R ^l   Tibolla, O ⁿ   Van Eldik, C ^a   Vasileiadis, G ^o   Venter, C ⁱ   Vialle, J P ^k   Vincent, P ^r   Vivier, M ^g   Volk H J ^a   Volpe, F ^j,ab   Wagner, S J ⁿ   Ward, M ^h   Zdziarski, A A ^w   Zech, A ^f   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g CEA SACLAY   (France)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^k CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^m DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^s CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^t RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^v JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^w NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ASTRONOMICAL CENTER   (Poland)

^x UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^z NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^aa INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^ab European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAVITATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LIGHT VELOCITY; SPEED;

ACTIVE GALAXIES; ENERGY DEPENDENCES; ENERGY DEPENDENTS; ENERGY SCALES; HIGH ENERGY STEREOSCOPIC SYSTEMS; LOWER LIMITS; QUANTUM GRAVITIES; SPEED OF LIGHT; TIME LAGS; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 55049083735     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.170402     Document Type: Article

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