The contribution of faint active galactic nuclei to the hard X-ray background

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Fiore, F ^a,b,c   La Franca, F ^d   Giommi, P ^a   Elvis, M ^c   Matt, G ^d   Comastri, A ^e   Molendi, S ^f   Gioia, I ^f,g  

^a BeppoSAX Science Data Center   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: general; Surveys; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES;

ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; COSMICS; ENERGY; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES GENERAL; HARD X RAY; NON-UNIFORM; SKY COVERAGE; X-RAY BACKGROUND; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 0002247165     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02795.x     Document Type: Article

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