X-ray properties of highly-obscured AGN in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Bl-Lac Objects, X-Ray Background, Iras 00406-3127, Iras 00188-0856, Iras 12032+1707, Iras 16090-0139

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We propose the observation of a small sample of 4 ULIRGs harbouring very luminous AGN. According to our Spitzer-IRS spectral analysis these AGN components account for a significant/dominant fraction of the total luminosity and lie in the quasar range. Due to their different optical class, mid-IR spectrum and SB contamination, we expect XMM-Newton to reveal a various range of X-ray properties, column densities and covering factors of the AGN obscuring material. These new observations will make it possible to investigate the AGN/SB interplay and evolutionary trend at the highest luminosities. Also, the correlation between the mid-IR and hard X-rays spectral properties will be important for ULIRG-like systems at high redshift and for the contribution of type 2 QSOs to the X-ray background.

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