Published in "Extragalactic Background Radiation", Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 7, 1995, eds. D. Calzetti, M. Livio and P. Madau


THE X-RAY BACKGROUND (OBSERVATIONS)

Giovanni Zamorani


0sservatorio Astronomico, Via Zamboni 33, 40100 Bologna, Italy


Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

EARLY HISTORY

ROSAT DEEP SURVEYS DATA
The log N - log S relation
The optical identifications

AGN SPECTRA AND FITS TO THE XRB SPECTRUM

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

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