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The Simbol-X view of the unresolved X-ray background

Astrophysics 2007-11-12 v1

Abstract

We will briefly discuss the importance of sensitive X-ray observations above 10 keV for a better understanding of the physical mechanisms associated to the Supermassive Black Hole primary emission and to the cosmological evolution of the most obscured Active Galactic Nuclei.

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@article{arxiv.0711.1356,
  title  = {The Simbol-X view of the unresolved X-ray background},
  author = {A. Comastri and R. Gilli and F. Fiore and C. Vignali and R. Della Ceca and G. Malaguti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1356},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in proceedings of "Simbol-X: the hard X-ray Universe in focus", held in Bologna (Italy), May 14-16, 2007