Andrea Comastri

INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna, Italy

Talk Title: Heavily obscured accreting black holes

Abstract: Obscured accretion onto supermassive black holes dominates the Universe high energy output recorded in the X-ray background spectrum. The most recent findings emerging from deep and shallow surveys will be reviewed. In particular the role of heavily obscured Compton Thick sources and their contribution to the black hole mass density will be discussed.

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