To be published in Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., Volume 43
(2005).
astro-ph/0501058
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DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY SURVEYS
W. N. Brandt 1 and G. Hasinger
2
1 Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics,
The Pennsylvania State
University, 525 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
2 Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik,
85748 Garching, Germany
Abstract. Deep surveys of the cosmic X-ray background are
reviewed in the
context of observational progress enabled by the Chandra X-ray
Observatory and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission-Newton. The
sources found by deep surveys are
described along with their redshift and luminosity distributions, and the
effectiveness of such surveys at selecting active galactic nuclei (AGN)
is assessed. Some key results from deep surveys are highlighted including
(1) measurements of AGN evolution and the growth of supermassive black
holes, (2) constraints on the demography and physics of high-redshift AGN,
(3) the X-ray AGN content of infrared and submillimeter galaxies,
and (4) X-ray emission from distant starburst and normal galaxies.
We also describe some outstanding problems and future prospects for
deep extragalactic X-ray surveys.
Keywords: X-ray astronomy - Extragalactic surveys - Observational
cosmology - Active galaxies - Starburst galaxies - Galaxies
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY SURVEYS
- Brief Historical Summary of X-ray Deep Field
Research
- Current Deep Surveys with Chandra and XMM-Newton
- Deep-Survey Number Counts and the Fraction of the
Cosmic X-ray Background Resolved
- PROPERTIES OF THE SOURCES FOUND AND MISSED BY DEEP
EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY SURVEYS
- Source Classification Challenges
- Basic Source Types
- AGN Redshift and Luminosity Distributions
- AGN Selection Completeness
- SOME KEY RESULTS FROM DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY
SURVEYS
- X-ray Measurements of AGN Evolution and the Growth
of Supermassive Black Holes
- X-ray Constraints on the Demography and Physics of
High-Redshift (z > 4) AGN
- X-ray Constraints on AGN in Infrared and
Submillimeter Galaxies
- X-ray Emission from Distant Starburst and Normal
Galaxies
- FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY
SURVEYS
- REFERENCES
