The HELLAS2XMM survey

2006/12/01 by F. Cocchia, F. Fiore, C. Vignali +16 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Complement (music) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geography #Luminosity #Optics #Pencil (optics) #Physics #Redshift #Redshift survey #Socioeconomics #Sociology #Survey research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065170

Accepted for publication in A&A, 18 pages, 19 figures

arxiv created 2006/12/01 · openalex publication_date 2007/01/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/10/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Aims.Hard X-ray, large-area surveys are a fundamental complement to ultra-deep, pencil-beam surveys in obtaining more complete coverage of the AGN luminosity-redshift plane and finding sizeable samples of “rare” AGN.

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• The HELLAS2XMM survey

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