X-rays from the First Massive Black Holes
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
X-ray studies of high-redshift (z > 4) active galaxies have advanced substantially over the past few years, largely due to results from the new generation of X-ray observatories. As of this writing X-ray emission has been detected from nearly 60 high-redshift active galaxies. This paper reviews the observational results and their implications for models of the first massive black holes, and it discusses future prospects for the field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0212082,
title = {X-rays from the First Massive Black Holes},
author = {W. N. Brandt and C. Vignali and D. P. Schneider and D. M. Alexander and S. F. Anderson and F. E. Bauer and X. Fan and G. P. Garmire and S. Kaspi and G. T. Richards},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0212082},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages; in New X-ray Results from Clusters of Galaxies and Black Holes (Oct 2002; Houston, TX), eds. C. Done, E.M. Puchnarewicz, M.J. Ward, Advances in Space Research; list of z > 4 X-ray detections available from http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/papers/papers.html