Revealing X-ray obscured quasars in SWIRE sources with extreme mid-IR/optical flux ratios

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-81

  Lanzuisi, G ^a,b   Piconcelli, E ^b   Fiore, F ^b   Feruglio, C ^c   Vignali, C ^d,e   Salvato, M ^f   Gruppioni, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: high redshift; galaxies: nuclei; Infrared: galaxies; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES: ACTIVE; GALAXIES: HIGH-REDSHIFT; GALAXIES: NUCLEI; INFRARED: GALAXIES; X-RAYS: GALAXIES;

COSMOLOGY; GAS ABSORPTION; LUMINANCE; SURVEYS; X RAYS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 66249106018     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811282     Document Type: Article

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