Extending the X-ray luminosity function of AGN to high redshift

Details Extending the X-ray luminosity function of AGN to high redshift Extending the X-ray luminosity function of AGN to high redshift

2005-11-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511552v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Proc. "The X-ray Universe 2005", San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, September 2005

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X-ray surveys of the extragalactic universe are now able to detect significant numbers of AGN out to high redshift (z~5). We highlight some results from the Chandra Multiwavelength Project (ChaMP) to measure the X-ray luminosity function out to these early epochs. At z > 3, we show that the comoving space density of luminous (log Lx > 44.5) AGN has a behavior similar to the optical QSO luminosity function. With a newly compiled sample of AGN from ChaMP supplemented with those from additional surveys including the Chandra Deep fields, we present a preliminary measure of the luminosity function in the hard (2-8 keV) band. With 37 AGN at z > 3, we continue to see a decline in the space density at high redshift over a wider range in luminosity. We discuss the need to identify a larger sample of obscured AGN at high redshift to determine if an early epoch of hidden supermassive black hole growth occurred.

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