X-ray detected infrared excess AGN in the Chandra deep fields: A moderate fraction of Compton -thick sources

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 526, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Georgantopoulos, I ^a,b   Rovilos, E ^c   Xilouris, E M ^b   Comastri, A ^a   Akylas, A ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

infrared: galaxies; X rays: diffuse background; X rays: galaxies; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHANDRA; COMPTON; FLUX RATIO; HARD X RAY; INFRARED: GALAXIES; LOW COLUMN DENSITY; PHOTON STATISTICS; RED SHIFT; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL INDICES; STEEP SPECTRA; X RAY SPECTRUM; X RAYS:GALAXIES; X-RAY LUMINOSITY; X-RAY SPECTRA; X-RAYS: DIFFUSE BACKGROUND; X-RAYS: GENERAL;

X RAYS;

EID: 78650915983     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014417     Document Type: Article

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