Evolution of optically faint AGN from COMBO-17 and GEMS

astro-ph

/ Authors

L. Wisotzki, K. Jahnke, S. F. Sanchez, C. Wolf, M. Barden, E. F. Bell, A. Borch, B. HaeUssler, K. Meisenheimer, H. -W. Rix

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S. V. W. Beckwith, J. A. R. Caldwell, S. Jogee, R. S. Somerville, D. H. McIntosh, C. Y. Peng

/ Abstract

We have mapped the AGN luminosity function and its evolution between z=1 and z=5 down to apparent magnitudes of $R<24$. Within the GEMS project we have analysed HST-ACS images of many AGN in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South, enabling us to assess the evolution of AGN host galaxy properties with cosmic time.