X-ray lighthouses of the high-redshift universe. II. Further snapshot observations of the most luminous z ≳ 4 quasars with Chandra

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2519-2530

  Vignali, C ^a,b   Brandt, W N ^c   Schneider, D P ^c   Kaspi, S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: nuclei; Quasars: general; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544445245     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430217     Document Type: Article

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