W. N. Brandt, C. Vignali, X. Fan, S. Kaspi, D. P. Schneider
Published 2002-03-28Version 1
We review X-ray studies of the highest redshift (z > 4) quasars, focusing on recent advances enabled largely by the capabilities of Chandra and XMM-Newton. Included are discussions of basic X-ray population studies, X-ray spectroscopy, high-redshift AGN in X-ray surveys, and future prospects.
Comments: 8 pages, in X-ray Spectroscopy of AGN with Chandra and XMM-Newton, ed. Th. Boller, S. Komossa, S. Kahn, H. Kunieda (MPE Press, Garching), in press, list of z > 4 X-ray detections available at http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/papers/papers.html
X-rays from the Dawn of the Modern Universe. Chandra and XMM-Newton Observations of z>4 Quasars
Redshift of reionization: are we there yet?
XMM-Newton observations of the Vela pulsar
