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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

1.1.History of the Cosmic X-ray background

1.2.Constraints from the Cosmic X-ray background

2.ADVANCES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF THE COSMIC X-RAY BACKGROUND

3.HARD X-RAY SURVEYS

3.1.The role of absorption

3.2.Compton-thick AGNs in the local Universe

3.3.Compton-thick AGNs in the high-z Universe

4.REFLECTION AND CUT-OFF PROPERTIES OF AGNs

5.UNVEILING THE HARD X-RAY SKY: THE SIX SURVEY

6.CONCLUSIONS

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