Soft X-ray AGN luminosity function from ROSAT surveys - I. Cosmological evolution and contribution to the soft X-ray background

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-40

  Miyaji, Takamitsu ^a,b,d   Hasinger, Günther ^b   Schmidt, Maarten ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: diffuse radiation; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: quasars: general; X rays: galaxies; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001949907     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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