The HELLAS2XMM survey. VII. The hard X-ray luminosity function of AGN up to z=4: more absorbed AGN at low luminosities and high redshifts

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dc.creatorLa Franca, F.
dc.creatorFiore, F.
dc.creatorComastri, A.
dc.creatorPerola, G. C.
dc.creatorSacchi, N.
dc.creatorBrusa, M.
dc.creatorCocchia, F.
dc.creatorFeruglio, C.
dc.creatorMatt, G.
dc.creatorVignali, C.
dc.creatorCarangelo, N.
dc.creatorCiliegi, P.
dc.creatorLamastra, A.
dc.creatorMaiolino, R.
dc.creatorMignoli, M.
dc.creatorMolendi, S.
dc.creatorPuccetti, S.
dc.date2005-09-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:27:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:27:38Z
dc.descriptionWe have determined the cosmological evolution of the density of AGN and of their Nh distribution as a function of the un-absorbed 2-10 keV luminosity up to redshift 4. We used the HELLAS2XMM sample combined with other published catalogs, yielding a total of 508 AGN. Our best fit is obtained with a luminosity-dependent density evolution (LDDE) model where low luminosity (Lx~10^43 erg s^-1) AGN peak at z~0.7, while high luminosity AGN (Lx>10^45 erg s^-1) peak at z~2.0. A pure luminosity evolution model (PLE) can instead be rejected. There is evidence that the fraction of absorbed (Nh>10^22 cm^-2) AGN decreases with the intrinsic X-ray luminosity, and increases with the redshift. Our best fit solution provides a good fit to the observed counts, the cosmic X-ray background, and to the observed fraction of absorbed AGN as a function of the flux in the 10^-15<S(2-10)<10^-10 erg s^-1 cm^-2 range. We find that the absorbed, high luminosity (Lx>10^44 erg s^-1) AGN have a density of 267 deg^-2 at fluxes S(2-10)>10^-15 erg s^-1 cm^-2. Using these results, we estimate a density of supermassive black holes in the local Universe of 3.2 (h^2_70) x 10^5 M_sol Mpc^-3, which is consistent with the recent measurements of the black hole mass function in the local galaxies.
dc.description16 pages, 20 figures. Scheduled on ApJ, Vol. 635, 2005 December 20
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509081
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509081
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.635:864,2005
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/497586
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177204
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe HELLAS2XMM survey. VII. The hard X-ray luminosity function of AGN up to z=4: more absorbed AGN at low luminosities and high redshifts
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