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A full understanding of the origin of the hard X-ray background requires a complete and accurate census of the distant galaxies that produce it. Unfortunately, distant X-ray galaxies tend to be very faint at all wavelengths, which hinders efforts to perform this census. This chapter discusses the insights that can be obtained through comparison of the distant population to local X-ray galaxies, whose properties are well characterized. Such comparisons will ultimately aid investigations into the cosmic evolution of supermassive black holes and their environments.
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Moran, E.C. (2004). Distant X-Ray Galaxies: Insights from the Local Population. In: Barger, A.J. (eds) Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 308. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_7
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