High precision X-ray log N – log S distributions: implications for the obscured AGN population

2008/09/11 by S. Mateos, R. S. Warwick, F. J. Carrera +16 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810004

Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Abridged Abstract. 23 pages, 47 figures, 8 tables

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Abstract

Context. Our knowledge of the properties of AGN, especially those of optical type-2 objects, is very incomplete. Because extragalactic source count distributions are dependent on the cosmological and statistical properties of AGN, they provide a direct method of investigating the underlying source populations.

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