The Chandra COSMOS Legacy survey: the z>3 sample
2016
We present the largest high-redshift (3 0 at z>3. We compute the number counts in the observed 0.5-2 keV band, finding a decline in the number of sources at z>3 and constraining
phenomenological modelsof
X-ray background. We compute the AGN space density at z>3 in two different
luminositybins. At higher
luminosities(logL(2-10 keV) > 44.1
erg/s) the space density declines exponentially, dropping by a factor ~20 from z~3 to z~6. The observed decline is ~80% steeper at lower
luminosities(43.55
erg/s 44.1
erg/s, unobscured and obscured objects may have different evolution with redshift, the obscured component being three times higher at z~5. Finally, we compare our space density with predictions of quasar activation merger models, whose calibration is based on optically luminous AGN. These models significantly overpredict the number of expected AGN at logL(2-10 keV) > 44.1
erg/s with respect to our data.
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