SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL 71135

DR. YASUSHI OGASAKA
OGASAKA@U.PHYS.NAGOYA-U.AC.JP

NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
FUROCHO, CHIKUSA
NAGOYA
AICHI JAPAN 464-8602
Tel: 052-789-2920 Fax: 052-789-2919
Medium: 4GBDAT
Subject: AGN

ASCA STUDY OF COMPLETE HARD X-RAY SELECTED AGNS - KEY TO THE COSMIC X-RAY BACKGROUND MODELS AND AGN UNIFIED SCHEME


ABSTRACT

We intend to aim for a complete ASCA observations of a hard X-ray flux-limited sample. In addition to 31 Piccinotti AGNs, almost all of which have already been observed by ASCA, we define a sample of 21 additional AGNs from the deeper MC-LASS catalog in a selected region. Among them 14 have already observed by ASCA and we propose to observe the remaining 7 AGNs. With the complete ASCA measurements of such a well-defined complete sample, we obtain key constraints on the population synthesis models of the cosmic X-ray background and unified scheme of AGNs through, e.g. absorption distribution and Luminosity-absorption correlation.

CO-INVESTIGATORS
CO-I NAME INSTITUTE COUNTRY
TAKAMITSU MIYAJIAI POTSDAMGERMANY
YOSHIHIRO UEDAISASJAPAN
YOSHITAKA ISHISAKITOKYO METRO. UNIV.JAPAN
KIYOSHI HAYASHIDAOSAKA UNIVERSITYJAPAN
HISAMITSU AWAKIKYOTO UNIVERSITYJAPAN

TARGETS

TARGET NAMEPRIRADECTIMETCOFFGISSIS CNTOBS
1)V1803+676
B
270.8700 67.6361
20 ks
N
Y
P
1.10000
1
2)3C351
B
256.1721 60.7417
20 ks
N
Y
P
0.90000
1
3)MKN 885
B
247.4508 67.3783
20 ks
N
Y
P
1.10000
1
4)H1318+692
B
200.1029 69.0036
20 ks
N
Y
P
0.70000
1
5)H1320+551
B
200.7050 54.9247
20 ks
N
Y
P
0.80000
1