Faint galaxies and the X-ray background

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1997-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9711150v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Proceedings of the X-ray Surveys Workshop. To appear in Astron Nachr., 4 pages, 7 encapsulated figures, uses xsurv_article mac

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We summarise our recent work on the faint galaxy contribution to the cosmic X-ray background (XRB). At bright X-ray fluxes (in the ROSAT pass band), broad line QSOs dominate the X-ray source population, but at fainter fluxes there is evidence for a significant contribution from emission-line galaxies. Here we present statistical evidence that these galaxies can account for a large fraction of the XRB. We also demonstrate that these galaxies have significantly harder X-ray spectra than QSOs. Finally we present preliminary findings from infra-red spectroscopy on the nature of this X-ray emitting galaxy population. We conclude that a hybrid explanation consisting of obscured/Type 2 AGN surrounded by starburst activity can explain the properties of these galaxies and perhaps the origin of the entire XRB.

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