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Sep 1993
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 264, NO. 1/SEP1, P. 35, 1993
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We report the results of a thorough analysis of the evolutionary properties of active galactic nuclei, exploiting data from both hard and soft X-ray surveys [counts, luminosity and redshift distributions, average X-ray spectral properties and P(D) distributions. Strong indications are found that soft (< 3 keV) and hard X-ray surveys emphasize two distinct classes of AGN that have different X-ray spectra, luminosity functions and evolution. `Soft X-ray' AGN have higher luminosities, steep source-count slopes and high evolution rates, similar to those of optically selected QSOs; their contribution to the 2-10 keV X-ray background (XRB) is probably < 20 per cent. `Hard X-ray' AGN have relatively low luminosities and strong photoelectric absorption. The average spectra of AGN detected in deep soft X-ray surveys imply that hard X-ray AGN either undergo a very weak luminosity/density evolution or that such evolution is accompanied by a substantial increase with redshift of the absorbing column densities; in the latter case they can easily contribute the bulk of the XRB above 3 keV. The existence of a new AGN population, essentially invisible below 10 keV, and accounting for a large fraction of the hard XRB, is also discussed: constraints from the HEAO-1 A2 (and to some extent from A4) fluctuation data are pointed out. AGN can hardly account for the soft XRB intensity, especially if it is significantly higher than implied by a simple extrapolation of higher energy measurements; contributions from other classes of source (e.g. clusters of galaxies and active star-forming galaxies) are required.
Danese Lugi
de Zotti Gainfranco
Franceschini Alberto
Martin-Mirones J. M.
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