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A survey of AGN and supermassive black holes in the COSMOS Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Chris D. Impey ,
Jon R. Trump ,
Pat J. McCarthy ,
Martin Elvis ,
John P. Huchra ,
Nick Z. Scoville ,
Simon J. Lilly ,
Marcella Brusa ,
Günther Hasinger  and
Eva Schinnerer
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Chris D. Impey
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Jon R. Trump
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Pat J. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Martin Elvis
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Str., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
John P. Huchra
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Str., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Nick Z. Scoville
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, MC 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Simon J. Lilly
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Marcella Brusa
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85478, Garching, Germany
Günther Hasinger
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85478, Garching, Germany
Eva Schinnerer
Affiliation:
Max Planck institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, Heidelberg, D-69117, Germany
Peter Capak
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, MC 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Jared Gabor
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Abstract

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The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is an HST/ACS imaging survey of 2 square degrees centered on RA = 10:00:28.6, Dec = + 02:12:21 (J2000). While the primary goal of the survey is to study evolution of galaxy morphology and large scale structure, an extensive multi-wavelength data set allows for a sensitive survey of AGN. Spectroscopy of optical counterparts to faint X-ray and radio sources is being carried out with the Magallen (Baade) Telescope and the ESO VLT. By achieving ∼80 redshift completeness down to I AB = 3, the eventual yield of AGN will be ∼1100 over the whole field.

Early results on supermassive black holes are described. The goals of the survey include a bolometric census of AGN down to moderate luminosities, the cosmic evolution and fueling history of the central engines, and a study of AGN environments on scales ranging from the host galaxy to clusters and superclusters.

Keywords

Active galactic nuclei – supermassive black holes – surveys
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S238: Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies – Across the Range of Masses , August 2006 , pp. 287 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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