Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-24
AIP Conf.Proc.686:151-160,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 figures. Invited talk to appear in "The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources" (Maryland, April 2003), AIP in
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1629427
The spectrum of the hard X-ray background records the history of accretion processes integrated over the cosmic time. Several observational and theoretical evidences indicate that a significant fraction of the energy density is obscured by large columns of gas and dust. X-ray surveys are the most efficient way to trace accretion onto supermassive black holes, since obscured, accreting sources are more difficult to select at all other wavelengths. The current status of hard X-ray surveys after the recent observations carried out with Chandra and XMM-Newton satellites is reviewed along with the results of extensive follow-up multiwavelength observations. In particular recent results concerning the physical and evolutive properties of the supermassive black holes hosted by X-ray selected Active Galactic Nuclei at high redshifts will be discussed.
Comastri Andrea
team the Hellas2Xmm
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