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An Exceptional Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Flare of PKS 2155–304

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F. Aharonian1,2,3, A. G. Akhperjanian4, A. R. Bazer-Bachi5, B. Behera6, M. Beilicke7, W. Benbow2, D. Berge2,8, K. Bernlöhr2,9, C. Boisson10, O. Bolz2, V. Borrel5, T. Boutelier11, I. Braun2, E. Brion12, A. M. Brown13, R. Bühler2, I. Büsching14, T. Bulik15, S. Carrigan2, P. M. Chadwick13, A. C. Clapson2, L.-M. Chounet16, G. Coignet17, R. Cornils7, L. Costamante2,18, B. Degrange16, H. J. Dickinson13, A. Djannati-Ataï19, W. Domainko2, L. O'C. Drury3, G. Dubus16, J. Dyks15, K. Egberts2, D. Emmanoulopoulos6, P. Espigat19, C. Farnier20, F. Feinstein20, A. Fiasson20, A. Förster2, G. Fontaine16, Seb. Funk9, S. Funk2, M. Füßling9, Y. A. Gallant20, B. Giebels16, J. F. Glicenstein12, B. Glück21, P. Goret12, C. Hadjichristidis13, D. Hauser2, M. Hauser6, G. Heinzelmann7, G. Henri11, G. Hermann2, J. A. Hinton2,6,22, A. Hoffmann23, W. Hofmann2, M. Holleran14, S. Hoppe2, D. Horns23, A. Jacholkowska20, O. C. de Jager14, E. Kendziorra23, M. Kerschhaggl9, B. Khélifi2,16, Nu. Komin20, K. Kosack2, G. Lamanna17, I. J. Latham13, R. Le Gallou13, A. Lemière19, M. Lemoine-Goumard16, J.-P. Lenain10, T. Lohse9, J. M. Martin10, O. Martineau-Huynh24, A. Marcowith20, C. Masterson3, G. Maurin19, T. J. L. McComb13, R. Moderski15, E. Moulin12,20, M. de Naurois24, D. Nedbal25, S. J. Nolan13, J-P. Olive5, K. J. Orford13, J. L. Osborne13, M. Ostrowski26, M. Panter2, G. Pedaletti6, G. Pelletier11, P.-O. Petrucci11, S. Pita19, G. Pühlhofer6, M. Punch19, S. Ranchon17, B. C. Raubenheimer14, M. Raue7, S. M. Rayner13, M. Renaud2, J. Ripken7, L. Rob25, L. Rolland12, S. Rosier-Lees17, G. Rowell2,27, B. Rudak15, J. Ruppel28, V. Sahakian4, A. Santangelo23, L. Saugé11, S. Schlenker9, R. Schlickeiser28, R. Schröder28, U. Schwanke9, S. Schwarzburg23, S. Schwemmer6, A. Shalchi28, H. Sol10, D. Spangler13, Ł. Stawarz26, R. Steenkamp29, C. Stegmann21, G. Superina16, P. H. Tam6, J.-P. Tavernet24, R. Terrier19, C. van Eldik2, G. Vasileiadis20, C. Venter14, J. P. Vialle17, P. Vincent24, M. Vivier12, H. J. Völk2, F. Volpe16, S. J. Wagner6, M. Ward13 and A. A. Zdziarski15

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