Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-14
Astrophys.J. 606 (2004) 58-66
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
27 pages, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/382780
We have incorporated the description of the X-ray properties of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) into a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, adopting physically motivated scaling laws for accretion triggered by galaxy encounters. Our model reproduces the level of the cosmic X-ray background at 30 keV; we predict that the largest contribution (around 2/3) comes from sources with intermediate X-ray luminosity 10^{43.5}< L_X/erg/s <10^{44.5}, with 50 % of the total specific intensity produced at z<2. The predicted number density of luminous X-ray AGNs (L_X>10^{44.5} erg/s in the 2-10 keV band) peaks at z around 2 with a decline of around 3 dex to z=0; for the low luminosity sources (10^{43}
Cavaliere Alfonso
Fiore Fabrizio
Menci Nicola
Perola Giuseppe Cesare
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