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

Chris D. Impey; Jon R. Trump; Pat J. McCarthy; Martin Elvis; John P. Huchra; Nick Z. Scoville; Simon J. Lilly; Marcella Brusa; Günther Hasinger; Eva Schinnerer; Peter Capak; Jared Gabor

doi:10.1017/S1743921307005169

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

Chris D. Impey
, Jon R. Trump
, Pat J. McCarthy
, Martin Elvis
, John P. Huchra
, Nick Z. Scoville
, Simon J. Lilly
, Marcella Brusa
, Günther Hasinger
, Eva Schinnerer
, Peter Capak
, Jared Gabor

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	287-290
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	2
Issue number	S238
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921307005169
State	Published - Aug 2006

Keywords

Active galactic nuclei
Supermassive black holes
Surveys

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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