Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of the first quasars: X-rays from the age of cosmic enlightenment

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 6 1770, 2003, Pages 2876-2890

  Vignali, C ^a   Brandt, W N ^a   Schneider, D P ^a   Anderson, S F ^b   Fan, X ^c   Gunn, J E ^d   Kaspi, S ^e   Richards, G T ^d   Strauss, Michael A ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early universe; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: high redshift; Quasars: general; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142238637     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374998     Document Type: Article

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