XMM-Newton and Chandra measurements of the AGN intrinsic absorption: dependence on luminosity and redshift

Bibcode
2006A&A...459..693A
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361:20054632
Akylas, A.; Georgantopoulos, I.; Georgakakis, A.; Kitsionas, S.; Hatziminaoglou, E.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 459, Issue 3, December I 2006, pp.693-701

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12
2006
Journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Number of authors
5
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
95
Refereed citations
91
Description
We combine bright XMM-Newton data with the Chandra Deep Field South observations to explore the behavior of the intrinsic AGN absorption, as a function of redshift and luminosity. Our sample consists of 359 sources selected in the hard 2-8 keV band, spanning the flux range 6 × 10-16-3 × 10-13 erg~cm-2~s-1 with a high rate of spectroscopic or photometric redshift completeness (100 and 85 per cent respectively for the Chandra and XMM-Newton data). We derive the column density values using X-ray spectral fits. We find that the fraction of obscured AGN falls with increasing luminosity in agreement with previous findings. The fraction of obscured AGN shows an apparent increase at high redshifts (z>2). Simulations show that this effect can most probably be attributed to the fact that at high redshifts the column densities are overestimated.
Type
Refereed
Surveys
Galaxies

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