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2008ApJ...674L...5P - Astrophys. J., 674, L5-L8 (2008/February-2)

Luminosity-dependent X-ray active galactic nucleus clustering?

PLIONIS M., ROVILOS M., BASILAKOS S., GEORGANTOPOULOS I. and BAUER F.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have analyzed the angular clustering of X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in different flux-limited subsamples of the Chandra Deep Field North (CDF-N) and South (CDF-S) surveys. We find a strong dependence of the clustering strength on the subsample flux limit, a fact that explains most of the disparate clustering results of different XMM and Chandra surveys. Using Limber's equation, we find that the inverted CDF-N and CDF-S spatial clustering lengths are consistent with direct spatial clustering measures found in the literature, while at higher flux limits the clustering length increases considerably; for example, at fx,limit∼10–15 ergs/s/cm2, we obtain r0≃17±5 and 18±3 h–1 Mpc for the CDF-N and CDF-S, respectively. We show that the observed flux limit clustering trend hints toward an X-ray luminosity dependent clustering of X-ray-selected, z∼1, AGNs.

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Journal keyword(s): Cosmology: Observations - Galaxies: Active - Cosmology: Large-Scale Structure of Universe - Galaxies: Quasars: General - Surveys

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