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The OPTX Project: Comparing the Optical and X-Ray Spectral Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Laura Trouille  and
Amy Barger
Laura Trouille
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI, USA Email: [email protected]
Amy Barger
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI, USA Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Using a uniformly selected and highly spectroscopically complete sample of Chandra X-ray sources, we show that one cannot use X-ray spectral classifications and optical spectral classifications equivalently. Until a better understanding is reached for how the X-ray and optical classifications relate to the obscuration of the central engine, the use of a mixed classification scheme can only complicate the interpretation of X-ray AGN samples.

Keywords

accretion disksgalaxies: active
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 142
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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