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First ASCA results for high-redshift Radio-Quiet Quasars

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Here we report the X-ray spectral analysis of 5 high-redshift (z2z \geq 2) radio-quiet quasars (RQQs) observed with the ASCA satellite. A simple power law with Galactic absorption model well fits the data. There is no evidence of a reflection component. The average spectral slope in the observed 0.5--10 keV energy range, <Γ>=1.68±0.09< \Gamma > = 1.68\pm{0.09} (dispersion σ0.11\sigma \sim 0.11), places the high-z objects of the present sample in the lower-\Gamma tail of the RQQs spectral indices distribution.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9809076,
  title  = {First ASCA results for high-redshift Radio-Quiet Quasars},
  author = {C. Vignali and A. Comastri and M. Cappi and G. G. C. Palumbo and M. Matsuoka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9809076},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, Latex macros memsait.sty, epsfig.sty, epsf.tex, to be pubblished in the proceedings of the conference "Dal nano- al Tera-eV: tutti i colori degli AGN", third Italian conference on AGNs, Roma, 18-21 May 1998, Memorie S.A.It