C-COSMOS & ChaMP X-ray-selected z>3 AGNs Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kalfountzou E.
  2. Civano F.
  3. Elvis M.
  4. Trichas M.
  5. Green P.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present results from an analysis of the largest high-redshift (z>3) X-ray-selected active galactic nucleus (AGN) sample to date, combining the Chandra Cosmological Evolution Survey and Chandra Multi-wavelength Project surveys and doubling the previous samples. The sample comprises 209 X-ray-detected AGNs, over a wide range of rest-frame 2-10keV luminosities logLX=43.3-46.0erg/s. X-ray hardness rates show that ~39 per cent of the sources are highly obscured, N_H_>10^22^cm^-2^, in agreement with the ~37 per cent of type-2 AGNs found in our sample based on their optical classification. For ~26 per cent of objects have mismatched optical and X-ray classifications. Utilizing the 1/Vmax method, we confirm that the comoving space density of all luminosity ranges of AGNs decreases with redshift above z>3 and up to z~7. With a significant sample of AGNs (N=27) at z>4, it is found that both source number counts in the 0.5-2keV band and comoving space density are consistent with the expectation of a luminosity-dependent density evolution (LDDE) model at all redshifts, while they exclude the luminosity and density evolution (LADE) model. The measured comoving space density of type-1 and type-2 AGNs shows a constant ratio between the two types at z>3. Our results for both AGN types at these redshifts are consistent with the expectations of LDDE model.

Keywords
  1. active-galactic-nuclei
  2. x-ray-sources
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2014MNRAS.445.1430K
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/445/1430
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/445/1430
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74451430

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2016-02-10T14:54:00Z
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2016-02-10T14:54:00Z
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