High precision X-ray log N - Log S distributions: Implications for the obscured AGN population

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-69

  Mateos, S ^a   Warwick, R S ^a   Carrera, F J ^b   Stewart, G C ^a   Ebrero, J ^a,b   Della Ceca, R ^c   Caccianiga, A ^c   Gilli, R ^d   Page, M J ^e   Treister, E ^f   Tedds, J A ^a   Watson, M G ^a   Lamer, G ^g   Saxton, R D ^h   Brunner, H ⁱ   Page, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^c INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^g ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology:observations; Galaxies: active; Surveys; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COSMOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; FLUXES; FORECASTING; GALAXIES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SURVEYS; X RAYS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES; COLUMN DENSITIES; COSMOLOGY:OBSERVATIONS; COUNTING STATISTICS; DIRECT METHODS; ENERGY BANDS; ENERGY DENSITIES; EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES; FINE ADJUSTMENTS; GALAXIES: ACTIVE; HIGH PRECISIONS; LARGE SAMPLES; MODEL PARAMETERS; NEWTON OBSERVATIONS; OPTICAL-; RELATIVE FRACTIONS; SOURCE POPULATIONS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS MODELS; X-RAYS: GENERAL;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 57249116214     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810004     Document Type: Article

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