The X-Ray Properties of [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] > 4 Quasars

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We report on a search for X-ray emission from quasars with redshifts greater than 4 using the ROSAT public database. Our search has doubled the number of z > 4 quasars detected in X-rays from six to 12. Most of those known prior to this work were radio-loud and X-ray–selected sources; our study increases the number of X-ray–detected, optically selected z > 4 quasars from one to seven. We present their basic X-ray properties and compare these with those of lower redshift quasars. We do not find any evidence for strong broadband spectral differences between optically selected z > 4 quasars and those at lower redshifts.
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