X-rays from the first massive black holes

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 2478-2485

  Brandt, W N ^a   Vignali, C ^a   Schneider, D P ^a   Alexander, D M ^a   Anderson, S F ^b   Bauer, F E ^a   Fan, X ^c   Garmire, G P ^a   Kaspi, S ^d   Richards, G T ^a,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High redshift active galaxies; Massive black holes; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GALAXIES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBSERVATORIES; SPACE RESEARCH;

HIGH-REDSHIFT ACTIVE GALAXIES; MASSIVE BLACK HOLES; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY OBSERVATORIES;

X RAYS;

EID: 9544235196     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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