Effect of X ray spectra of Seyfert galaxies on the cosmic X ray background

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Background Radiation, Seyfert Galaxies, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Spectra, Active Galactic Nuclei, Cosmology, Galactic Cosmic Rays, Galactic Evolution, Quasars

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Ginga observations of five Seyfert 1 galaxies revealed that their X-ray spectra have an absorption like feature at the energy of several to 10 keV. This feature is probably explained by the absorption of very thick cold matter, covering about half of the central source. It is found that the superposition of such spectra can reproduce the 3 to 100 keV spectrum of the cosmic X-Ray Background (XRB) provided that the spectra of Seyfert galaxies have an exponential cut off around 100 keV. If all Seyfert galaxies and quasars have such spectra and undergo the same cosmological evolution, the observed log N-log S relation of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and the intensity and fluctuation of the XRB, can be explained.

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