articleThe Astrophysical Journal Supplement SeriesDec 1, 2017BRONZE OA

BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. V. X-Ray Properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN Catalog

CRC. RicciBTB. TrakhtenbrotMJM. J. KossYUY. UedaIDI. Del Vecchio
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Abstract

Abstract Hard X-ray (≥10 keV) observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can shed light on some of the most obscured episodes of accretion onto supermassive black holes. The 70-month Swift /BAT all-sky survey, which probes the 14–195 keV energy range, has currently detected 838 AGNs. We report here on the broadband X-ray (0.3–150 keV) characteristics of these AGNs, obtained by combining XMM-Newton , Swift /XRT, ASCA , Chandra , and Suzaku observations in the soft X-ray band ( keV) with 70-month averaged Swift /BAT data. The nonblazar AGNs of our sample are almost equally divided into unobscured ( ) and obscured ( ) AGNs, and their Swift /BAT continuum is systematically steeper than the 0.3–10 keV emission,…

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    C. RicciCorresponding
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    B. Trakhtenbrot
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    M. J. Koss
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    Y. Ueda
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    I. Del Vecchio

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  • Active galactic nucleus
  • Accretion (finance)
  • Cutoff
  • Supermassive black hole
  • Accretion disc
  • Reflection (computer programming)
  • Photon
  • Galaxy
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