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OATS-DAUT SEMINAR
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Speaker: Kazushi Iwasawa (INAF - OA Bologna)

Title: Mean X-ray spectral properties of active galaxies in the COSMOS field

Date: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Time: 12:00
Venue: Villa Bazzoni

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Abstract: About 1800 X-ray sources are detected with XMM-Newton in the 2 deg^2 of the COSMOS field. A bulk of the X-ray sources are AGN, of which the typical redshift is z~1.5. The relatively large area coverage permits us to access to a sizable number of powerful QSOs, including those with z~3, as well as obscured AGN at moderate redshift. Mean X-ray spectra were derived for different classes of AGN by stacking redshift-corrected individual spectra. These mean spectra are used to extend the study of spectral properties of AGN, e.g., Fe K line, which has been limited to neaby, bright objects, to AGN at higher redshift. Implications for relativistic broadening of the Fe line in Type I AGN, its luminosity dependence, the population of heavily obscured AGN, etc. will be discussed. Also, a brief progress report on the XMM ultra-deep survey of the Chandra Deep Field South will be presented.
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contact: Perluigi Monaco (OATS-DAUT)