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Name: [Ne V]-selected heavily obscured QSOs at the epoch of the X-ray background
Published: 2013-04-26T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	067272
Title	Ne V-selected heavily obscured QSOs at the epoch of the X-ray background
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0672720101
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jayz9j5
Principal Investigator, PI	Dr Roberto Gilli
Abstract	Despite extensive searches over a wide wavelength range, the population ofheavily obscured, Compton-thick AGN still remains elusive. In particular, athigh redshifts and luminosities only a few Compton-thick objects have beendiscovered. We propose a pilot program of moderately deep XMM exposures (40 to80 ksec each) to observe 3 luminous QSOs at z~1, which is the epoch where thebulk of the missing X-ray background is expected to be produced. These QSOsare likely to suffer from heavy obscuration. The targets have been selected fromthe SDSS DR5 based on their strong NeV3427A emission. The proposedobservations will unambiguously determine their obscuration degree.
Publications	Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov V. N. \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y XMM-Newton publication statistics \|Ness J.-U. Parmar A. N. et al. \| AN \| 335-210 \| 2014 \| 2014AN....335..210N \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014AN....335..210N The Tight Relation between X-Ray and Ultraviolet Luminosity of Quasars \|Lusso E. Risaliti G. \| ApJ \| 819-154 \| 2016 \| 2016ApJ...819..154L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...819..154L The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch Eric W. \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F A Luminous X-Ray Transient in SDSS J143359.16+400636.0: A Likely Tidal Disruption Event \|Brightman Murray Ward Charlotte et al. \| ApJ \| 909-102 \| 2021 \| 2021ApJ...909..102B \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021ApJ...909..102B Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang Yanxia Zhao Yongheng \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z ESASky SSOSS: Solar System Object Search Service and the case of Psyche \|Racero E. Giordano F. et al. \| A&A \| 659-38 \| 2022 \| 2022A&A...659A..38R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...659A..38R X-ray emission from a rapidly accreting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy at z = 6.56 \|Wolf J. Nandra K. et al. \| A&A \| 669-127 \| 2023 \| 2023A&A...669A.127W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2023A&A...669A.127W The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII O VIII and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan Zeyang Qu Zhijie et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez Antonio C. \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque Pedro De la Torre Balaji Shyam \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque Pedro Balaji Shyam \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2012-04-15T18:32:59Z/2012-04-16T20:50:31Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2013-04-26T00:00:00Z
Last Update	2025-01-27
Keywords	"extensive searches", "XMM", "wide wavelength range", "sdss dr5", "compton thick agn", "SDSS", "pilot program", "heavy obscuration", "heavily obscured qsos", "3427a emission", "obscuration degree", "luminous qsos", "compton thick objects", "moderately deep xmm", "heavily obscured", "xray background"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Dr Roberto Gilli, 2013, '[Ne V]-selected heavily obscured QSOs at the epoch of the X-ray background', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jayz9j5