Beyond Einstein:
From the Big Bang to Black Holes

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,

Stanford University, 12-15 May 2004

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AGN Evolution- the X-ray Revolution

Richard  Mushotzky
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
richard@lheapop.gsfc.nasa.gov

Additional authors: Amy Barger, Len Cowie, Yuxuan Yang, Aaron Steffen, Peter Capak

Chandra and XMM surveys of the faint x-ray source population have radically changed our understanding of the number, location and evolution of AGN. I will present a summary of recent results and the challenge to future missions these new results represent.

 

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