| Title | The Evolution of Swift/BAT Blazars and the Origin of the MeV Background |
| Authors | Ajello, M.; Costamante, L.; Sambruna, R. M.; Gehrels, N.; Chiang, J.; Rau, A.; Escala, A.; ... |
| Bibcode | 2009ApJ...699..603A Search ADS ↗ |
| Abstract | We use three years of data from the Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) survey to select a complete sample of X-ray blazars above 15 keV. This sample comprises 26 flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and 12 BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects detected over a redshift range of 0.03 < z < 4.0. We use this sample to determine, for the first time in the 15-55 keV band, the evolution of blazars. We find that, contrary to the Seyfer ... |
| Objects | 243 Objects Search NED ↙ |
