Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-04-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, Latex. To appear in MNRAS
Scientific paper
We present ASCA GIS observations (total exposure 100-200 ksec) of three fields which form part of our deep ROSAT survey. We detect 26 sources down to a limiting flux (2-10 keV) of 5x10^{-14} erg cm-2 s-1. Sources down to this flux level contribute 30 per cent of the 2-10 keV X-ray background. The number-count distribution, logN-logS, is a factor of three above the ROSAT counts, assuming a photon spectral index of 2 for the ROSAT sources. This suggests the presence at hard energies of a population other than the broad-line AGN which contribute to the ROSAT counts. This is supported by spectroscopic observations that show a large fraction of sources that are not obvious broad-line AGN. The average 1-10 keV spectral index of these sources is flat (0.92+-0.16), significantly different than that of the broad-line AGN (1.78+-0.16). Although some of the Narrow Emission Line Galaxies which are detected with ROSAT are also detected here, the nature of the flat spectrum sources remains as yet unclear.
Almaini Omar
Blair A. J.
Boyle Brian J.
Georgantopoulos Ioannis
Griffiths Richard E.
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