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The Swift BAT Hard X-ray Survey - A New Window on the Local AGN UniverseThe Swift Burst and Transient telescope (BAT) has surveyed the entire sky for the last 3.5 years obtaining the first sensitive all sky survey of the 14-195 keV sky. At high galactic latitudes the vast majority of the detected sources are AGN. Since hard x-rays penetrate all but Compton thick obscuring material (Column densities of 1.6E24 atms/cm2) this survey is unbiased with respect to obscuration, host galaxy type, optical , radio or IR properties. We will present results on the broad band x-ray properties, the nature of the host galaxies, the luminosity function and will discuss a few of the optical, IR and x-ray results in detail.
Document ID
20090015892
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mushotzky, Richard
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
April 28, 2009
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Conference at the University of California
Location: California
Country: United States
Start Date: April 28, 2009
End Date: May 1, 2009
Sponsors: California Univ.
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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