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X-ray Luminosity Functions

X-Ray Luminosity Functions is a statistical framework in astrophysics that describes the number density of X-ray-emitting sources per unit luminosity interval, distinguishing itself by quantifying the distribution of X-ray luminosities across populations of extragalactic or Galactic sources to characterize their emission properties and evolution.

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X-ray Luminosity Function

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A Unified, Merger‐driven Model of the Origin of Starbursts, Quasars, the Cosmic X‐Ray Background, Supermassive Black Holes, and Galaxy Spheroids

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 2006 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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X-ray spectral modelling of the AGN obscuring region in the CDFS: Bayesian model selection and catalogue

Johannes Büchner, A. Georgakakis, K. Nandra et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Cosmological Evolution of the Hard X‐Ray Active Galactic Nucleus Luminosity Function and the Origin of the Hard X‐Ray Background

Yoshihiro Ueda, Masayuki Akiyama, Kouji Ohta et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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An Observational Determination of the Bolometric Quasar Luminosity Function

Philip F. Hopkins, Gordon T. Richards, Lars Hernquist · The Astrophysical Journal · 2007 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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The Mass Function of an X‐Ray Flux–limited Sample of Galaxy Clusters

T. H. Reiprich, H. Böhringer · The Astrophysical Journal · 2002 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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    W. N. Brandt

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    44 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. MB
    M. Brusa

    University of Bologna, Italy

    38 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. AC
    A. Comastri

    Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna, Italy

    41 publications · 4.8K citations

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    C. Vignali

    University of Bologna, Italy

    38 publications · 3.5K citations

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    M. Salvato

    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany

    41 publications · 5.8K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    85 h-index

    655 publications

    59.4K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    80 h-index

    739 publications

    88.1K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    56 h-index

    283 publications

    25.3K citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    55 h-index

    186 publications

    15.5K citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    55 h-index

    234 publications

    24.7K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    53 h-index

    495 publications

    54.6K citations

  7. Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    53 h-index

    254 publications

    31.9K citations

  8. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    49 h-index

    236 publications

    17.2K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 777 publications · 62.8K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    501 publications · 36.8K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    236 publications · 18.8K citations

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  4. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

    40 publications · 5.2K citations

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  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 68 publications · 3.8K citations

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